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Bucky

(54,068 posts)
1. I don't see Rubio taking the #2 spot. Except for Jack Kemp, all their VP noms have been 2nd rate
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:13 AM
Nov 2012

I might except Ryan from that rule. He's a preppy twit, but he did manage to honestly boil down GOP philosophy into a concrete budget proposal. That said, once done, it only served to show how stupid & incomplete Republican thinking on the economy and on the management of government is. Not really helpful, although he was too shallow to realize it.

Most GOP Veep nominees tend to follow the Quayle model... or maybe we should call it the Nixon model.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
2. Reversed, maybe.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:14 AM
Nov 2012

I think they'll run someone like Rubio up the flagpole in an attempt to grab the Latino vote.

They live in a simplistic world where the underclasses are easily duped into voting for people who look like them.

You know--like how all the blacks poured out & registered as Republicans to nominate Herman Cain.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
7. Portman will never pass the Teabag test. They are still going to be the republican base.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 11:03 AM
Nov 2012

I just don't think he is as big a whore as Mitt. Will he be able to lie his way through a primary???

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