Comments on: Romney says he will accept a spot on GOP ticket if asked

By: Geoff B

Geoff B — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:49:04 +0000

A large number of religious right leaders have apparently lost their minds. They regret not supporting Huckabee instead of Romney, saying he shares their values best of all. They are warning that if Romney is the VP candidate McCain will lose. They have completely lost it. Huckabee does not get you a single additional state Republicans aren’t already going to win, and he hurts you in places like Ohio, PA, Michigan, CO and NV, states the Republicans desperately need to win. Romney helps in those states. Read on to see the brutal carnage these idiots are doing to the Republican party:

http://www.evangelicalsformitt.org/front_page/collectively_losing_our_heads.php

By: Clark Goble

Clark Goble — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:09:22 +0000

An interesting bit of news. While hardly unequivocal it looks like Condi's open to being VP. I think this would be a mistake. (I think Romney would be better than Condi) But we'll see.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:10:04 +0000

Well, I’m glad he believes Romney to be the best V.P. candidate, but I think he overstates Mitt’s “pandering” as an advantage.

By: Tossman

Tossman — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:42:54 +0000

Though I agree with Medved on this point, it was Medved’s aggressive pushing of McCain that soured me to him (Medved).

By: Geoff B.

Geoff B. — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:40:51 +0000

I missed this article from Michael Medved basically saying Romney is the best VP candidate. Medved’s opinion is certainly worth noting because he was one of the few national commentators endorsing McCain early on.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2008/03/12/mitts_weakness_for_the_top_spot_could_help_him_as_veep

By: R Biddulph

R Biddulph — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:50:49 +0000

Jack was the only blogger to mention why it is essential that McCain picks Mitt as his V.P. He solidifies the conservative base, and he has the economic expertise to deal with the very certain economic train wreck our country faces.

It one thing to attack pork, as McCain does. But the Congress is very unwilling to forgo earmarks. Someone has got to attack the third rail of entitlements. GWB tried, but Mitt, I think, could get solid results with some of his PowerPoint presentations.

By: Geoff B

Geoff B — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:58:50 +0000

WillF, great video on McCain. Very interesting.

By: hawkgrrrl

hawkgrrrl — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:42:29 +0000

I would love to see Romney as veep, and he’s obviously got an edge over other veeps given his strong support in many areas. Given McCain’s age, his veep choice could be very important.

However, I don’t think the GOP is going to win this one anyway, so this is a paper exercise.

By: WillF

WillF — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:34:18 +0000

McCain on Romney:

“There is nothing but goodwill between myself and Governor Romney….(he) has a big role to play in our party. Millions of Republicans voted for him so obviously I think he would be in consideration for a lot of different roles in a Republican administration.”

See:
http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/03/12/mccain-muses-about-romney-as-vp/

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:12:06 +0000

Romney was right behind McCain all the way in terms of votes. In fact, if the republican delegates we awarded proportionately in every state (like the Democrats) we might have seen McCain and Romney fighting all the way to the convention a la Hillary and Obama. He had a little over 4 million popular votes to McCain’s 4.7 million at the time he withdrew.

Romney didn’t lose because he wasn’t liked. He had a large following of eager supporters. I think putting him on the ticket with McCain could really help unify the party, plus give McCain the credibility he needs on economic issues–and let’s face it, the economy is really starting to scare a lot of people.

Also, I think Obama will be easier to beat than Hillary. Hillary would divide the moderate vote more than Obama–on both sides of the party line.