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earthside

(6,960 posts)
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:06 AM Aug 2012

Rmoney's best veep pick: Huckabee or Petraeus

Either Mike Huckabee or David Petraeus would be the best possible pick for Rmoney.

Either of them would help fill-in major support gaps for Rmoney -- they have good name recognition and either would
'excite' the Repuglican base.

Huckabee would please and invigorate the religious right and the tea party ... plus he has campaigning experience.

Petraeus would fill-in a canyon of lack of military and foreign policy experience for Rmoney. The nomination of Rmoney is the first in many cycles in which the Repuglicans are ceding the 'national security' issue to the Democratic candidate. Petraeus would change that.

However, Huckabee has a new radio show and Petraeus is Pres. Obama's CIA director.

Without either of those two, Rmoney is left with really third-rate veep choices.

Portman, Pawlenty or Ryan just don't bring anything to Rmoney ... I can't believe that these three are really all he's got. (I have suggested that U.S. Sen Toomey might be a dark horse choice.)



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C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)
2. Who would be dumb enough to sign up ?
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:13 AM
Aug 2012

It just doesn't look like a very wise move
for an up-and-coming political star.
Anyone with smarts and talent should
be sitting this one out.

That said, there's a big shortage of
smarts and talent in the GOP.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
3. Huckabee...
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:13 AM
Aug 2012

He has the ability to convince MILLIONS of already overweight, out of shape Americans to go to a Chick Fil A to dine on pickle-dipped hate sammiches. Romney could really use his charisma.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
5. Bucky the Robot from the comic strip "Brewster Rocket" - hey, he was Intergalactic President!
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:19 AM
Aug 2012

Running with rMoney would be signing away the rest of your political career.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,414 posts)
6. Why do people keep bringing up Patreaus?
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:24 AM
Aug 2012

Dont know if he is a Repub or Dem and he is current CIA Dir. Do you really think he'd jump ship- for Romney of all people?

rox63

(9,464 posts)
8. I don't see Petraeus running for office
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 09:58 AM
Aug 2012

Besides, he works for the Obama administration right now, in a very sensitive position. Major conflict of interest there. I can see Huckabee, though. That might bring around some of the wingnuts who don't trust Romney.

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)
12. Patreaeus is obviously not even a remote possibility. Huckabee could boost his support among social
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 12:27 PM
Aug 2012

conservatives and right-wing Evangelicals. But his record lacked right-wing orthodoxy on economic matters. Still I could see him bucking up the fundamentalist Christian/social conservative base who are at best look warm about Romney.

TexasTowelie

(112,250 posts)
13. It is very unlikely that he would pick Huckabee.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 12:33 PM
Aug 2012

After the 2008 campaign it was very apparent that there was no love for Romney in Huckabee's heart. They did a kiss and makeup routine earlier this year on Huckabee's show, but that was for the show--I doubt that Huckabee actually had a change of heart.

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
14. Teabaggers would not like Petraeus because he "worked for the President" like Huntsman
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:13 PM
Aug 2012

(who was U.S. Amabassador to China). Even being CIA Director does not excuse a republican from being in the same room as the President.

FSogol

(45,488 posts)
16. Romney can't pick anyone who would outshine himself.
Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:49 PM
Aug 2012

He'll have to pick some boring GOP flunky like McDonnell, Portman, or Pawlenty.

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