Actually, there is a case to be made for Fred Thompson going this route for a running mate. Giuliani would put a lot of New England and mid-Atlantic states into play that would normally be a lock for the DemocRATS.
You don’t make a good wine better by adding swamp water.
Rudy shouldn’t be considered for president or vice president for two reasons: he’s too liberal, and he doesn’t have enough political experience. The running-mate should be a conservative who has been a U.S. rep.
The last four republican vice presidents were U.S. reps. They were Dick Cheney, Dan Quayle, George H.W. Bush, and Gerald Ford. A good choice would be Jennifer Dunn. She was the chairman of the Washington State GOP, 1980-’92; and a conservative U.S. rep., 1993-2005. If she runs for VP, the Republican would probably win Washington’s 10 electoral votes.
To my pleasant surprise, this thread didn’t go too badly.
Giuliani makes little sense to me. Romney makes a lot more sense. Vice Presidents tend to get Presidential nominations eight years down the road (of the last four Vice Presidents, three have gotten such nominations). If Romney can show for eight years that he has genuinely become a conservative, I would see no problem supporting his nomination in 2016. I cannot imagine any circumstance in which I would support Rudy Giuliani at the top of the ticket.
Keep Rudy in NYC.