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posted at 10:35 pm on July 30, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“Never in his political career has Obama encountered an opponent who can land a blow as well as Romney.”
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Is Romney even interested?
Kini on July 30, 2008 at 10:41 PM
There’s yer $ quote right there. I really enjoy reading Jay Cost, and RCP in general.
SouthernGent on July 30, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Look how well it worked for him in the primaries. He seems to not have a way with people. I personally don’t dislike him, but I am not enamored by him. Please, Palin is the best for the job.
jencab on July 30, 2008 at 10:43 PM
It won’t be him. Period.
(COUGH!)
Damian G. on July 30, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Yep, Romney would squish Barry like a bug.
Buy Danish on July 30, 2008 at 10:46 PM
What’s the record for the most VP speculation/related threads on Hot Air in one day? Let’s see if we break it tomorrow.
lowandslow on July 30, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Let the dems go first……. after the Olympics, then the GOP has the stage.
…… that will be the time, but to “who?”, right now it’s all speculation.
Seven Percent Solution on July 30, 2008 at 10:56 PM
I don’t know, but this is not a v.p. speculation thread.
Buy Danish on July 30, 2008 at 10:57 PM
as I recall, Dan Quayle wiped the floor with Al Gore in the 1992 debates, and it didn’t have much of an impact on voting day.
Too bad 41 just phoned it in, figuring no electorate in its right mind would elect “those two bozos.” The right bozo often does get in, and it’s gonna take a serious grown-up to highlight the messianic gaffe machine the Dems threw up this year.
sulla on July 30, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Not a big fan of Romney. He struck me as phony–even more than a typical politician.
Though as an attack dog, maybe he could do well there. It would allow McCain to back away from the more direct attacking he has been doing since he doesn’t have the veep announced yet.
BryanS on July 30, 2008 at 10:59 PM
I agree. Pick Romney now and get him onboard and get this show on the road.
cjs1943 on July 30, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Is Romney even interested?
Kini on July 30,2008 at 10:41PM.
Kini: Aloha,Kini! Okay,yer teasing me,piff,
is he interested,but in all seriousness,
I hope so,and I’m going to repeat it,right
from the start of the primaries,I said Mitt
will be VP!
He’s articulate,has values,business savvy,and
I think he knows the MSM are certainly not on
his side with the neverending Mormon hit pieces!
Kini,whats the wheather like,in your neck of the
wilds! :)
canopfor on July 30, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Romney turns people off. Huckabee said he is like the guy that fires you. I agree it was a stupid comment, but it resonated with people, and he is a Mormon which, apparently is an issue with some Evangelicals. Picking Romney will sink the ship. I will still vote for McCain, but there are so many negatives with Romney that will hurt McCain. VP is obviously an issue since there are so many people depending on it to see if they can vote for McCain. Also, McCain is old, and VP is much more of an important choice than ever.
jencab on July 30, 2008 at 11:09 PM
Aloha Canopfor! What makes me ask that question is if Mitt even gets along with McCain, plus there’s that Mormon thing that turns off some voters. Although, I believe he’s fully qualified, I worry about his judgment on some issues, like global warming.
Our weather is great, a little over night rain to water the plants and plenty of sunshine during the day, with spectacular sunrises and sunsets. Our volcano emissions have increased causing some great views on land and sky. ^_^
Good to hear from you also!
Kini on July 30, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Whoa, wait, hold the phone:
Romney’s a MORMON?!?!?
sulla on July 30, 2008 at 11:11 PM
What I like most about Mitt is, as with any good conservative, his point-blank honesty. If you aren’t speaking plainly and thoughtfully from the heart, you’re not a conservative.
Pawlenty — don’t know a thing about him
Rob Portman — he was my congressman for awhile. Seems nice enough, but no energy
Tom Ridge — Will NOT come across well
All untested in a national campaign. I remember 1992 with Perot. William Safire was asked about Perot’s chances, at the height of Perot’s popularity. He was on fire. Safire said, he doesn’t even think Perot will stay in the race. These national races are grueling. Yeah, Perot dropped out because Republicans were going to disrupt his daughter’s wedding. Talk about being ridden hard and put away wet. And then he kept Stockdale who was only supposed to be a placeholder and never a real VP candidate. Because, again, the Prez general election is very tough contest. You might as well go 10 rounds of boxing. Mitt has done it, and he did pretty well at it. It’s not even close. It’s gotta be Mitt.
Paul-Cincy on July 30, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Really? (Mitt’s counties are shaded Yellow)
I’d feel more comfortable if he didn’t have such limited regional appeal.
It was said above ’something about him turns voters off’. Maybe that’s true. For a guy who spent million$, i wouldn’t exactly call the above link doing ‘well’
battleoflepanto1571 on July 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM
and to add, why does everyone think romney can deliver california, or make it competitive, in the general?
he couldn’t even win FOUR counties in a wide open gop primary!
battleoflepanto1571 on July 30, 2008 at 11:22 PM
If we could get Obama to switch his party to Republican, then John McCain would attack him.
EJDolbow on July 30, 2008 at 11:23 PM
He won lots of vote scattered about the state ( a little more than half a million IIRC).
He is very well liked out there and even more so since the primary season.
EJDolbow on July 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Mitt is a nice man, and a very good man. I just feel that something is missing vis-a-vis political charisma. I feel that he is probably one of the most ethical, disciplined politicians we have.
carbon_footprint on July 30, 2008 at 11:25 PM
LOL quite accurate actually.
carbon_footprint on July 30, 2008 at 11:26 PM
It’s one of those things that only matters if you get it horribly wrong, as McGovern did on his first try with Eagleton.
RBMN on July 30, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Sounds like the guy made a case for McCain picking a pit bull rather than Romney.
MB4 on July 30, 2008 at 11:38 PM
The one thing Cost hinted at in his post, (which was very good), is this years VP pick on the republican side could very likely be the presumptive nominee in 2012. It would be an advantage for McCain to pick a VP that the electorate understands might be our “fearless leader” for the following eight years. Or in Obama’s case, as long as the empire continues.
Rovin on July 30, 2008 at 11:43 PM
I decided to do something logical, and check whois for who might have registered telling domains:
mccainguiliani08.com–GoDaddy
mccainpalin08–Paul Pilger of DC
mccainlieberman08.com–Tyler Neil
mccainpawlenty08.com–Michael Deutsch–looks like a domain squatter
mccainridge08.com–Michael Deutsch
mccainromney08.com–Good Choice Realty–who are they?
mccainhuckabee08.com–Michael Deutsch
mccainjindal08.com–Albert Cantos–who is he?
mccaincrist08.com–GoDaddy
mccainfiorina08.com–Nobu Nguyen–who is he?
Sekhmet on July 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM
I like Mitt. But at this point, I consider any media figure trying to talk-up Mitt as VP as trying to run a liberal version of Operation Chaos.
I like Palin for all the usual “tranformative gubernatorial female NRA pro-life beauty-pageant alumnae” reasons.
But from what I’ve seen, Pawlenty wouldn’t be a disaster either.
Liebs? No.
Anton on July 31, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Just web real estate speculators, I would think.
RBMN on July 31, 2008 at 12:14 AM
In listing off the Pros-and-Cons of a Romney VEEP, as the author Cost states, “hypothesized benefits of a Romney pick are less than compelling”, lead me be believe his article is either a poor joke or he really doesn’t understand the role of the veep.
Hell, McCain might as well go with another maverick and choose Lieberman as veep. Why have only one jackass in the white house.
Kini on July 31, 2008 at 12:14 AM
She doesn’t speak that well; she doesn’t have much experience; and she isn’t the cute. GET REAL.
ParisParamus on July 31, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Pick Mitt. Its the only choice.
Dude is smarter than anybody else…looks better than anybody else…more articulate than anybody else….is straighter than anybody else. All you can make fun of and criticize him is that he is perfect. But, that sort of criticism eventually makes the critic looks like a douc*e. He has zero skeletons.
Besides, the dude is Mormon so he can get inspiration or something. The only people the republicans would lose are a few of those Huckabee types but who needs the people that were wearing white sheets a few decades ago?
Roger Waters on July 31, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Sacrilege! Be prepared to suffer the wrath of Palinmania.
Buy Danish on July 31, 2008 at 12:23 AM
She doesn’t speak well? Is that a joke?
TheNolan on July 31, 2008 at 12:51 AM
ISN’T THAT CUTE??!!!?? I think you’re thinking about someone else. Doesn’t speak well? you need to check out her site
ConservativePartyNow on July 31, 2008 at 1:10 AM
Oh, and as far as experience. She has actually done something as governor
ConservativePartyNow on July 31, 2008 at 1:11 AM
McCain should pick someone around 50, soon, and say that he’ll only run for one term.
Entelechy on July 31, 2008 at 1:12 AM
(Now I feel awful. Governor Palin, I apologize. That came out wrong. You are definitely someone with a bright future in politics).
ParisParamus on July 31, 2008 at 1:18 AM
I thought we already had a liberal version of Operation Chaos… isn’t that how we ended up getting stuck with McCain in the first place?
Watcher on July 31, 2008 at 1:24 AM
I disagree with much of that article, except for its ultimate conclusion. I would set MR lose to fix, or at least improve the bureaucracy in Washington. He is smart, and he knows smart people. And he has experience working with that little liberal state (MA).
ParisParamus on July 31, 2008 at 1:29 AM
+5
SuperCool on July 31, 2008 at 1:46 AM
I’d be ok with Romney if he didn’t foist his MA healthcare plan on us and if Andrew McCarthy guaranteed me he’d not appease Muslims.
Connie on July 31, 2008 at 1:47 AM
But I still like Fred.
Connie on July 31, 2008 at 1:48 AM
or Jeff Sessions – why has his name never come up?
Connie on July 31, 2008 at 1:51 AM
NO!
PALIN!
Sir Andrew on July 31, 2008 at 1:56 AM
I like what I’ve read about Palin, but someone here said she was under investigation for something. Do you know if that’s true?
Connie on July 31, 2008 at 1:58 AM
btw
Fort the same reason they photoshopped the Lebanon war.
Connie on July 31, 2008 at 2:00 AM
fort=for
Connie on July 31, 2008 at 2:01 AM
A slick, corporate Republican white guy clubbing Bambi! Why didn’t we think of that before? The voters will love it!
Mr. Wednesday Night on July 31, 2008 at 2:30 AM
Your question wasn’t directed to me, but I’ll tell you what I know:
Some folks in AK, including the guy who lost the Gubernatorial election to Palin in ‘06, are waging a smear campaign. Here’s a video that details the charges and refutes them.
http://palinforvp.blogspot.com/2008/07/video-response-th-andrew-halcros.html
Since then, Gov. Palin has released records which completely discredit the lies of the guy who was fired. It is true that the AK legislature has approved a Special Investigator to look into this, but it’s basically a formality to put the issue “officially” to bed.
BTW, a poll last week showed that this “scandal” has dropped Palin’s 85% approval rating all the way down to 80%. ;-)
Mr. Wednesday Night on July 31, 2008 at 3:00 AM
Petraeus. Petraeus. Petraeus.
Just like the way that sounds.
Oh, what the hell. One more time.
Petraeus. Petraeus. Petraeus.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know.
2012.
ganeshpuri89 on July 31, 2008 at 5:01 AM
The youtube of Mitt defending abortion just killed it for me. I just don’t git Mitt.
myamphibian on July 31, 2008 at 6:30 AM
Isn’t one big point of the VP pick how well he will do in the VP debates? I don’t care WHO Obama picks, Romney will trounce him. Mitt is plugged in, smart, and quick on his feet. I haven’t heard Cheney speak often, but was impressed with his performance in the last VP debate (he washed the floor with Lisa Druck’s Baby Daddy – can you tell I just read Ann’s latest? Thank goodness there’s someone who will speak-it!), and think in that area alone, Romney will be a great pick for McCain. And it’s a big area, because personally, I am not donating to McCain or the RNC until his pick is announced. I like McCain and am warming to him, but still can’t completely trust him not to do something scary (ie, anti-conservative) on this pick. Selecting Romney will go a long way for me.
eucher on July 31, 2008 at 6:55 AM
Mitt for VP!!!
davenp35 on July 31, 2008 at 7:13 AM
McNumbnuts should just pick Pelosi and get it over with!
sabbott on July 31, 2008 at 7:17 AM
That article is mainly backhanded compliment. The truth in the story is that it is a real danger that mccain will greatly pale by comparison. Isn’t it amazing how even so called conservative media tries to demonize a man who can think on his feet and understands his opponennts positions better then they do? How pointing out your opponents weaknesses and wrong positions is considered a negative attack? I’m starting to think my chomsky quoting friend may be right, it’s all a facade and we have no control over what goes on. The mysterious “they” actually run this country and politics is just a television show to keep us distracted.
peacenprosperity on July 31, 2008 at 7:51 AM
How about we wait until we know his politics, OK?
Squid Shark on July 31, 2008 at 8:24 AM
If Hot-Air’s readers were the entire electorate, Flip would be President.
And here I thought Hot-Air was a conservative blog.
My bad.
Al-Ozarka on July 31, 2008 at 8:37 AM
Andrew McCarthy is a Patrick Fitzgerald supporter. He lost all credibility with me over that.
peacenprosperity on July 31, 2008 at 8:57 AM
They have trotted out Romney several times now, and put him back in the stables. He just doesn’t have “it”. He can win in a liberal state by running away and dissing conservatives, but that’s how liberals think. He can’t, for some reason, connect with the conservatives, he is too distant, or they remember him turning there back on them, or his whatever, but he doesn’t connect.
The irony is Lieberman connects, but he is way off the conservative charts.
Pawlenty is just “white bread”
Huck is worthless and useless, except maybe as a gag writer.
Palin is the closest to being what the conservatives want.
Articulate
Intelligent
Woman
Mom
Dedicated Mom (chose a down syndrome baby over abortion)
Wife
Conservative
Not afraid of the establishment
Energy goddess
Her husband is a man, worked in the oil fields, and is a commercial fisherman.
She fishes, hunts, and her nickname when she was a basketball star…barracuda
few negatives, maybe weak on experience…but hey, raising four kids is what a lot of women need to do. Being a mom is not such a bad occupation when dealing with the political children of our country.
right2bright on July 31, 2008 at 9:26 AM
The guy they fired, an ex-relative. Was a trooper caught on the job drinking in his patrol car and shooting moose from his state patrol car (two separate incidents). A real winner.
He is fighting his dismissal.
Another plus for her, get rid of bad cops.
right2bright on July 31, 2008 at 9:32 AM
And if he picks someone no one likes?
peacenprosperity on July 31, 2008 at 11:07 AM
How did he govern. That’s all you need to worry about.
peacenprosperity on July 31, 2008 at 11:12 AM
It gets even more limited if you ignore the caucus states, which have very limited participation, and just look at the primary states. Among the states he won, Nevada, Wyoming, Maine, Montana, Minnesota, Colorado, North Dakota, and Alaska were all caucuses; the only actual primaries Mitt won were his “home” states of Massachusetts, Michigan, and Utah. Some of the other yellowish states on that map, such as Iowa, were states that he actually lost. Now, some of that vast green and blue expanse was filled in after Mitt dropped out, but that doesn’t negate the fact that his appeal was limited to caucusgoing activists (not regular pull-the-lever voters) in a few states. There is no real evidence for his electoral strength in any of these places, and polls have shown him to be at the very best neutral, and at the very worst catastrophic for the McCain campaign’s appeal nationally.
Big S on July 31, 2008 at 11:15 AM
If Mike Huckabee is the standard by which all other conservatives are judged, I don’t want to be called a conservative.
malan89 on July 31, 2008 at 11:25 AM
I’m still trying to figure out the palpable animus AP has for Romney.
spmat on July 31, 2008 at 11:43 AM
I like the attack dog theory that Cost puts forth, I’m starting to think that combined with a “drill, drill, drill” message will be the negative/positive path to victory. Not sure Mitt is the guy to do it, however. He ran a lot of effective contrast ads, but I don’t really remember him delivering a lot of good zingers in the debates or on the stump. Somebody needs to keep needling Obama, however, the guy is so arrogant and thin-skinned he’ll start cracking over it. Come to think of it, a pro-drilling woman nicknamed “The Barracuda” might just be the perfect vehicle for that role, although personally I can’t imagine being VP with 5 kids that aren’t adults yet. Perhaps Carly Fiorina?
Dudley Smith on July 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Romney is my choice, and I’d be pleased to see him on the ticket. One of his virtues is that he is, for a politician, squeaky clean-no troubling Ted Stevens type skeletons in his closet. He was already vetted during the primary season, so there is little mud that can be thrown at him. That won’t stop the Dems from attempting to demonize him; that’s who they are. I’m still witt Mitt.
Doug on July 31, 2008 at 3:26 PM
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