Comments on: Romney as McCain’s VP?

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:45:51 +0000

I think Romney’s enjoying being a skiing grandfatherly money-farmer again. He’s struck me as the kind of guy who knows how not-fun being the President is, and I really can’t understand why he’d want the job of Vice President.

I suspect it’ll be someone relatively unknown, and probably not any of the front-runners from the primaries (i.e. Guiliani, Romney, Thompson, Huckabee and, it is to laugh, Ron Paul.) VPs seem to help most when they’re strong regionally but lack national baggage: Rudy Guiliani’s negatives in my part of Ohio are almost as bad as Hillary Clinton’s (though apparently hers aren’t bad enough to keep Republicans from voting for her just to make Obama lose.) Thompson would be the strongest out of that group, and would bring a welcome dose of “likable grown-up” attitude to the mix, but he won’t help on the age/gender/race side of things.

For what it’s worth, I could write almost the exact same paragraph about the Democrats. Look for another set of Jack Kemp/Al Gore candidates for the VP slots. Though if Clinton’s the nominee, I’d be comfortable speculating that her running mate will have rock-solid “MoveOn.Org Approved” credentials.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:19:01 +0000

Mitt Romney would be the best vp pick. His family values and economic background round out the ticket with McCain’s national defense experience. He would also carry the vote of 6,000,000 mormons and between him and McCain they would carry the majority of the evangelical vote. There would be a small percentage of evangelical diehards that will vote for no one except Huckabee whether he is on the ticket or not, but not enough to make a difference in the general election. I also take with a grain of salt all of this talk of the rift between McCain and Romney. I don’t think it is as intense as the media makes it out to be. Besides, if it makes for a winning ticket in 2008, any differences that they might have will fall by the wayside. I am holding out for the "M and M" ticket.

By: Patti

Patti — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:45:45 +0000

I agree about Romney if he would accept it. He has the economic background when the country says economics is first. I do wonder how he and McCain could iron out their differences, and if they win what baggage could be left with Romney for the next election. I also feel that the evangelicals would probably come around with Romney once they got to know him better. He has strong religious values that speak to them. We’ll see.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:48:27 +0000

It seems like Romney as V.P. would really help to unify the party–except for some of the die-hard Evangelicals. A lot of folks are getting pretty scared about the economy right now too. I think Romney would add a lot of credibility to McCain’s candidacy on that point. And you know what? Money trumps all. When people are concerned about not losing their job or paying the mortgage or putting food on the table they’ll look past race, gender or religion.

By: Steven Danderson

Steven Danderson — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:02:05 +0000

I think I can go on a limb and say that Romney will NOT be on McCain’s ticket. For one thing, such a ticket would lose the Evangelical vote in the deep south–making room for Obama to be the first non-southern Democrat to win there (Obama speaks the Evangelicals’ language!–And he has the Black vote sewn up!).

On the other hand, Coleeeen is right that Huckabee would cause the GOP to lose the western USA–all the Democrats need to do is to plaster that NY Times article all over the place–and broadcast his campaign manager’s inane comments.

To avoid losing the South or the West, McCain needs to pick a popular Evangelical conservative who has a record of being pro-LDS. It would be better if this person can help in "Blue States."

I DON’T see that happening, though. Too many Evangelicals have painted themselves into a corner by endorsing Huckabee–and they’re not about to accept anybody else.

By: roebuck

roebuck — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:20:23 +0000

ROMNEY NO OTHER CHOICE. HE BRINGS EVERYTHING TO THE TICKET SINCE HE WAS #2 IN LINE IN EVERY STATE IN THIS ELECTION A MONTH AGO.

HAVE PEOPLE FORGOTTEN I KNOW MICHIGAN HASNT THEY ARE READY FOR HELP FROM MITT.

TEXANS FOR MITT!

By: Tossman

Tossman — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:41:35 +0000

Romney would be the one thing McCain could do to win my support.

McCain has dilemma here, though. He’ll either be running against a woman or a black man. He’s old and white, and he will no doubt be tempted to try and mitigate that by picking a woman or minority for a running mate. Romney’s my man, but it would be a bad call, PR-wise, because then it’s an old white guy and a slightly less old white guy- the stereotypical GOP ticket.

Romney would be the best choice, but I doubt McCain will go that route.

By: annegb

annegb — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:24:23 +0000

I’ll bet on Romney.

By: unitethegop

unitethegop — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:00:02 +0000

http://www.unitethegop.com
Condi has stated she will not be a VP candidate. Romney is the best choice. He will be the only person to bring enough strength to McCain’s ticket to defeat the democrats in Nov. We need Romney for VP, and then President in 2012!