Hillbuzz has a PS about Allen West
“PS — Please make Congressman Allen West either your Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State because he is beyond awesome and is a future president himself. I am grateful to you for picking Mr. Ryan as your VP because he is a future president as well…so now please position Congressman West for his own rendezvous with destiny too.”
If Romney doesn’t pick/position West for higher office, it’ll be a serious mistake. SOD works for me, I don’t see him as SOS and that’s not a negative, doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work. I just hope Romney does the right thing with West because West’s a potential Superstar.
There is little chance that the Colonel will be in either of those posts. I don’t even know if he would think himself eligible for them. He still needs a lot of seasoning and has never been an executive has he?
Those posts would take him away from speaking out as he wishes too, which reduces his ability to educate other Blacks on a daily basis.
IMHO only, I think Bolton has to be SecState...West for SecDef.
Allen West has served extremely well in his first term in the House. I live in his district, which is in the heart of liberal Broward and Palm Beach counties. He effectively put the insufferable Debbie Wasserman-Schultz in her place and made a very strong impact in this area. This is a significant reason why the GOP, Romney especially, is looking strong in this campaign. I hate to lose Col. West to the next district north in this upcoming election.
I think Allen West missed a great opportunity to win the Senate seat against Obama’s rubber stamp, Sen. Bill Nelson. It is a disgrace that Nelson, who pushed his history as an astronaut, sat quietly while Obama’s team gutted NASA. I think West would have beaten him. Connie Mack IV is struggling in this race.
Anyway, I would love to see West run and win the House Majority Leader position. He has a spine of steel and is just the leader we need to get our house in order and keep Boehner in line.