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some of these would be horrible missteps with the base. and what in the world is the governor
of alaska going to bring to the ticket?
Sources: McCain VP short list includes Colin Powell, Mitt Romney
Republican presidential candidate John McCain's short list of vice presidential possibilities has been essentially narrowed to six, according to a source familiar with the search.
Factions within the Arizona senator's campaign are pushing for their favored candidate, sources tell the Phoenix Business Journal, a Baltimore Business Journal sister publication. The campaign has also been vetting potential running mates and polling voters, especially in battleground states, on their viability.
They include:
* Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty;
* Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell;
* Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney;
* Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin;
* U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn; and
* Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge.
Sources familiar with the Republican's VP search process list Pawlenty and Romney as the odds-on favorites but said there was some preference to pick a woman or minority as McCain's running mate. That would mean Powell, Palin, the 44-year-old Alaska governor, or former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina.
More (http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/07/21/daily45.html)
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I think Romney is the most vigorous and likely - I think Colin Powell's wife is done with public life, and I sure dont blame her.
If they try and pander to the base with a 'woman or person of color' that is going to go over like a lead ballon..
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Some of these would be horrible missteps with the base. and what in the world is the governor of alaska going to bring to the ticket?
Ovaries.
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I think Romney is the most vigorous and likely - I think Colin Powell's wife is done with public life, and I sure dont blame her.
If they try and pander to the base with a 'woman or person of color' that is going to go over like a lead ballon..
a prominent conservative from michigan (if such a thing exists) or ohio would be nice. if ken blackwell had managed to get elected governor of OH, he would be a shoe-in.
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Some of these would be horrible missteps with the base. and what in the world is the governor of alaska going to bring to the ticket?
Ovaries.
LOL!!!
h5 :-)
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
and the base would go daft. he is actually slightly less conservative than mccain is.
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
and the base would go daft. he is actually slightly less conservative than mccain is.
exactamundo
Mittens isn't a conservative as I'd like but at least he's got the economic and domestic policy chops McC needs.
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Some of these would be horrible missteps with the base. and what in the world is the governor of alaska going to bring to the ticket?
Ovaries.
Actually, have you heard her?
She's almost as conservative as I am, and a dyed in the wool energy hawk to boot.
That's why I'm hoping she stays the hell away from the McCain campaign, along with Mitt, Bobby Jindal and Rick Santorum. Whichever of the Two LibTards gets into the Oval Office, I don't want them to have a REAL conservative to fall back on, or pass the blame to. They need to rise or fall on the merits of their own Economic Incompetence (McCain)/Rabid Marxist Ideology (teh Obamessiah), and thus expose the NeoComs and/or the "moderate" Repiblicans (RINOs) completely as the failures they are.
Then the country can move back to a more reasoned, constitutional course.
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I think Romney is the most vigorous and likely - I think Colin Powell's wife is done with public life, and I sure dont blame her.
If they try and pander to the base with a 'woman or person of color' that is going to go over like a lead ballon..
a prominent conservative from michigan (if such a thing exists) or ohio would be nice. if ken blackwell had managed to get elected governor of OH, he would be a shoe-in.
I voted for Blackwell, but it seems too many thought he had too much baggage left over from the Taft adminstration.
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I think Romney is the most vigorous and likely - I think Colin Powell's wife is done with public life, and I sure dont blame her.
If they try and pander to the base with a 'woman or person of color' that is going to go over like a lead ballon..
a prominent conservative from michigan (if such a thing exists) or ohio would be nice. if ken blackwell had managed to get elected governor of OH, he would be a shoe-in.
I voted for Blackwell, but it seems too many thought he had too much baggage left over from the Taft adminstration.
I thought all the "clouds" hanging over his head were a bunch of paranoid lies. it was all diebold and the stolen 2004 election, wasn't it?
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I think Romney is the most vigorous and likely - I think Colin Powell's wife is done with public life, and I sure dont blame her.
If they try and pander to the base with a 'woman or person of color' that is going to go over like a lead ballon..
a prominent conservative from michigan (if such a thing exists) or ohio would be nice. if ken blackwell had managed to get elected governor of OH, he would be a shoe-in.
I voted for Blackwell, but it seems too many thought he had too much baggage left over from the Taft adminstration.
I thought all the "clouds" hanging over his head were a bunch of paranoid lies. it was all diebold and the stolen 2004 election, wasn't it?
Supposedly.
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can you imagine the fits on DU if he goes with Lieberman?
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can you imagine the fits on DU if he goes with Lieberman?
I am pretty sure that there will be fits HERE if he goes with leiberman. :-)
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well yeah :-)
I'll be one of them.
But I'll still go pull the lever for "R" in November like the good little 'bot I am. :uhsure:
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I know the world could give two cents what I think. I do think John Kasich would be an almost perfect VP choice for McCain. Kasich would bring relative youth & vitality to the ticket. He is a social conservative yet a fiscal conservative first and foremost. He also would help get votes in the battle state of Ohio. Also being a commentator on Fox is an added plus for the heads aploding factor :evillaugh:
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
1. Powell doesnt want public life anymore
2. it just looks like pandering.. "hey! we got a black guy on our ticket too!"
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
1. Powell doesnt want public life anymore
2. it just looks like pandering.. "hey! we got a black guy on our ticket too!"
What a minute. Barry is black? Wasn't his momma white?
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
1. Powell doesnt want public life anymore
2. it just looks like pandering.. "hey! we got a black guy on our ticket too!"
Agreed on the first. As to the latter if anyone says anything we'll use hussein's favorite play: call them racists.
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I watched Pawlenty of Fox yesterday...I wasn't impressed. I'm hoping he picks Romney.
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
1. Powell doesnt want public life anymore
2. it just looks like pandering.. "hey! we got a black guy on our ticket too!"
What a minute. Barry is black? Wasn't his momma white?
ya know, i honestly didnt even consider his heritage til he couldnt shut up about it..
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I watched Pawlenty of Fox yesterday...I wasn't impressed. I'm hoping he picks Romney.
i honestly dont really know them.. not even Powell. of everyone on that list, Romney is the one I know the most about.. and it still isnt much.
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I watched Pawlenty of Fox yesterday...I wasn't impressed. I'm hoping he picks Romney.
I think romney would pacify the base.
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
1. Powell doesnt want public life anymore
2. it just looks like pandering.. "hey! we got a black guy on our ticket too!"
What a minute. Barry is black? Wasn't his momma white?
he's half kenyan and half kansan. :-)
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I watched Pawlenty of Fox yesterday...I wasn't impressed. I'm hoping he picks Romney.
I think romney would pacify the base.
I'm kind of wondering now, on Special Report with Britt Hume last night they had a story on how Romney Care is turning into a disaster in MA, which who couldn't predict that but I kind of wonder if the crumbling dream would have any damaging effect on the campaign trail. If it gets reported widely at all. Which, if the LSM can make a Republican looks bad they will report it far and wide, maybe, I guess it depends if they love socialized medicine more than The Messiah, Barrak Milhous Obama.
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Romney would suck, period.
Pawlenty is another RINO. I voted for Pawlenty in MN. I regretted it. $1/pack "health impact fee" on cigarettes after his PROMISE of no new taxes. OK, so it's a "fee", not a "tax" :whatever: He's a LIAR!! There was a movement and rumors of a 10 cents/ gallon tax increase before I left MN. I don't know what happened to that.
All in all, unless McLame picks a REAL Conservative (and a POPULAR one), it's going to suck. Do we want Marxism or a relaxed Socialism geared towards big Corporations??
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If he picks Powell, you can pretty much consider me sitting this election out.
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he's half kenyan and half kansan. :-)
Does that make him a Keynesian? :-)
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I have two choices, first ...of course, is Mark Sanford. Second is Mitt Romney. I voted for Mitt in the primaries but I would LOVE to see Mark Sanford as VP.
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I have two choices, first ...of course, is Mark Sanford. Second is Mitt Romney. I voted for Mitt in the primaries but I would LOVE to see Mark Sanford as VP.
I think sanford has taken himself out of it, hasn;t he?
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I have two choices, first ...of course, is Mark Sanford. Second is Mitt Romney. I voted for Mitt in the primaries but I would LOVE to see Mark Sanford as VP.
I think sanford has taken himself out of it, hasn;t he?
Not that I know of. Hell man, you work for the paypah. You tell me. :-)
I hope, one day, I will be casting my vote for Mark Sanford for President. He's the ONE guy I'd volunteer for.
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I watched Pawlenty of Fox yesterday...I wasn't impressed. I'm hoping he picks Romney.
I think romney would pacify the base.
I'm kind of wondering now, on Special Report with Britt Hume last night they had a story on how Romney Care is turning into a disaster in MA, which who couldn't predict that but I kind of wonder if the crumbling dream would have any damaging effect on the campaign trail. If it gets reported widely at all. Which, if the LSM can make a Republican looks bad they will report it far and wide, maybe, I guess it depends if they love socialized medicine more than The Messiah, Barrak Milhous Obama.
that is interesting - in order to derail our candidates, they would have to expose one of their pet causes as being a failure.
ok, i love it! Mitt can take one for the team on this one. I dont love the party more than my family's (and everyone elses) well being.
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
and the base would go daft. he is actually slightly less conservative than mccain is.
True. And I don't see the attraction of Mitt, myself, a Masswhosit Republican is basically what we call a "Left-of-center Democrat" in the MidWest, I have no enthusiasm for him at all. The Alaska gov is the only one that is actually a conservative, and with the pivotal role energy policy will play she could be the best pick.
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some of these would be horrible missteps with the base. and what in the world is the governor
of alaska going to bring to the ticket?
Sources: McCain VP short list includes Colin Powell, Mitt Romney
Republican presidential candidate John McCain's short list of vice presidential possibilities has been essentially narrowed to six, according to a source familiar with the search.
Factions within the Arizona senator's campaign are pushing for their favored candidate, sources tell the Phoenix Business Journal, a Baltimore Business Journal sister publication. The campaign has also been vetting potential running mates and polling voters, especially in battleground states, on their viability.
They include:
* Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty; OK
* Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell;No.
* Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney;Good.
* Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin;Great on ideas, would rather she waited four years.
* U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn; and Unacceptable.
* Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge.Pro-abortion.
Sources familiar with the Republican's VP search process list Pawlenty and Romney as the odds-on favorites but said there was some preference to pick a woman or minority as McCain's running mate. That would mean Powell, Palin, the 44-year-old Alaska governor, or former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina.
More (http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/07/21/daily45.html)
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If thats the list its got to be Mitt. Pawlenty second, ovaries third, the rest not serious.
What's wrong with Powell? That would be the best of all worlds -- smart, respected by both sides of the aisle and with matching qualifications as hussein.
1. Powell doesnt want public life anymore
2. it just looks like pandering.. "hey! we got a black guy on our ticket too!"
Agreed on the first. As to the latter if anyone says anything we'll use hussein's favorite play: call them racists.
Pandering? Compaired to Powell, Obama is the token black guy.