07-22-2008, 02:33 PM | #1 |
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Why Mitt makes sense as VP
1. economic issue
2. personality. Yes, he can come across as wooden and fake. But at the end, he really seemed to have some optimism and co-do spirit. And youth, at least compared to McCain. McCain desperately needs a bump. I don't know if Mitt provides that bump, but McCain needs to do something to grab the headlines. |
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I think the McCain-Romney animus is overrated. Based on what I've read, the true "hatred" was more between staff than the candidates themselves, which really isn't too surprising. I think the same kind of situation existed between Obama and Hillary (more animus between staff than candidates).
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If McCain wants a bump, Romney won't give it to him. The only person I can think of who will is Colin Powell. Yes, two war guys, but it's Colin Powell, who even after his UN speech, still has an incredible about of unspent political capital in this country.
Romney's primary benefit to McCain is that he stays on message and can attack with the best of them. He'd be a great debater, trash Obama with cold, articulate reason, and generally be McCain's pitbull while the candidate himself stayed above the fray. That's the purpose of the VP candidate -- to do the negativity. Romney would be fantastic at it.
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Not even with the conservative wing of his party?
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The best choice would be a charming, talented Latina woman. Don't know of one on the national scene.
I wonder if the AK gov. is still a dark horse. |
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Perhaps a bump in enthusiasm, but not a bump in gross support. A bump in my mind is a bump in the poll numbers. The right wing are already selecting McCain over Obama in those polls.
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I think the only person who can is Colin Powell. He would neutralize the race issue; he's always been popular with moderates, the middle 10% of the populace who decide every election; he's stated publicly his anger with the Bush administration/CIA for having misled him; he's got even more credibility than McCain with foreign policy/military matters; we'd trust his judgment on Iraq above anyone else's, I think . . .
The negative would be having two war men on the ticket, when McCain could use an economic thoroughbred and entitlement policywonk.
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Romney would likely not give him a boost with Democrats and perhaps not independents either, though for a Republican those are two groups McCain does fairly decent with as it is. In fact, I believe he's tied dead-on with Obama with independents. Thus a boost from his base would show up in real percentage points in poll numbers.
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