Pawlenty won’t do anything for the Religious-Right....he’s a R that got elected in Minnesota for cryin’ out loud....kind of like an upper Midwest version of Mit.
LOL...yeppers, that is just the strategy to win the South all right. Sheesh...no wonder they call it “The Stupid Party.”
If the first reaction from people is “who is that”, the person is not a good choice as Veep.
I like the idea of Condi Rice as the VP.
Advice to Pawlenty: Keep your day job.
As I posted in another forum a short while ago, there is no selection for VP with McCain that would cause me to place my check mark on the ballot for the unindicted co-conspirator in the Keating Five savings and loan debacle. I will go to the polls for the purpose of state and local races but will take a pass on a choice between a Marxist and McCain.
Pawlenty on Illegal immigration:
“Beyond that we’ve this issue of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants who are currently in the country. I don’t know of many even hardcore conservatives, there are few, but not many in congress who are advocating for rounding up 12 million people and throwing them out of the country”.
— most of the conservatives are actually saying, they are only really arguing about what is the degree or lever of penalty so that it’s not amnesty and — so I don’t think that’s out of step with — that general line of debate, it’s not out of step with where most republicans are. There you — you see you are hard pressed to find many who are saying lets throw 12 million, lets mount a military offensive, identify 12 million people and round them up and throw them out of the country, it’s not where even most of the republican members of congress are at. They are just talking about — like I said the severity of the penalty for having come here illegally and Senator McCain agrees with that approach and we are just — now we are working out the details.
That will no doubt enhance Pawlenty's chances.
I have mixed feelings about this guy. He started out brilliantly, IMO, particularly with the no taxes, concealed-carry and anti-abortion positions in what is essentially a Soviet republic (Reagan never carried MN, for crying out loud).
However, he eventually went with increasing "fees" (taxes by almost any measure), and his position on global warming is right in line with Algore's.
Charismatic guy, though...no two ways about it.
According to his Wikipedia biography, he won re-election in 2006 by a very narrow margin (1% over his main opponent, both of them getting less than 50% because of a third candidate in the race), and he was raised a Catholic but later became a Lutheran. Years ago that would have been political poison but probably does not matter nowadays.
For good reason, McCain has plenty of Democrats who are steadfast allies, but any Republican making that claim should examine whether or not he is in the right party.
"MAVERICK STRAINS of THOUGHT????? like what...amesty, CFR, constitutional rights for terrorists??
McCain either chooses a rock-ribbed social & fiscal conservative or he loses.