“Romney is awful. If you think Biden is going to have to “unsay” some things he said in the past and attempt to cover up his positions, Romney is probably going to have to burn down all the newspaper archives in the country.”
My primary concerns for the VP candidate are the following:
1) Very good grasp of the issues so that he/she can respond instantly and credibly to democratic attacks and hostile questions from the media. It doens’t matter as much to me that Romney has changed positions. I think it is more important that the VP candidate he be able to put the democrats and the media in their place quickly when necessary.
2) Must be able to win the debate. Most undecideds in my view are heavily influenced by the debate performance and less so by past positions. Since they are less engaged, they tend to believe what the candidates are saying today, if it is said well and convincingly.
I readily admit that Romney is not ideal. But on both points above he will kick ass. The goal is to win in November.
It doens’t matter as much to me that Romney has changed positions.
may not to you but the democrats are just salivating for ads contrasting romney as VP and romney during the primary and romney as governor and romney running for Senate.
Romney couldn’t even win the nomination despote outspending everybody and had higher negatives polling than any Dem or Rep candidate. Plus you’d have two old rich white guys on the ticket. Romney shoulsn’t even be an option. McCain should pick Cantor or Chris Cox.