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Rice as Romney VP?

sunzt

sunzt

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Something from the rumor mill apparently.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...s-speculation-of-rice-as-romney-running-mate/

Don't know where exactly the rumor came from, but Drudge report is claiming she's on the top list for VP consideration.


I'd vote for Romney if he picks either huntsman or Rice as VP. Shows competency and practicality.

Bad thing for GOP about rice is that even though she's "mildly pro-choice" she's probably pro-choice. She's also supports some sort of amnesty.
 
I'm not sure how she could have been more clear about not wanting this job, nor feeling she is suitable to serve as VP. Stranger things have happened, but I just don't see Mitt picking a pro-choice running mate with no experience as an elected official or in domestic affairs, and an active disinterest in politics. The fact that she seems likely to be a lesbian also won't help with evangelicals who are already lukewarm on Romney.

Huntsman would also surprise me somewhat since he suffers from some of the same electability problems as Romney, but I agree he is a bright and worthy candidate.
 
Pro civil rights and possible lesbian, no way in hell.

Besides even if righties were willing to accept that she would upstage Mittens.
 
Has she ever held elective office?

Does she have any economic and/or managerial experience?

Did she vote for obama in 2008?

That would be a no, no and yes.

Not a good choice.
 
Don Vito Corleone said:
Huntsman would also surprise me somewhat since he suffers from some of the same electability problems as Romney, but I agree he is a bright and worthy candidate.
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Huntsman is popular with the democrats that I know. It could be enough to tip them to vote for Romney, since a large number of them are disallusioned with Obama and are hunting for a reason to not vote for him.
 
sunzt said:
I'd vote for Romney if he picks either huntsman or Rice as VP. Shows competency and practicality.
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If my memory serves me correctly, then Huntsman is a dumb, shady liar. Rice may or may not be dumb, but she certainly would go right along with Romney because they're both classic neoconservatives... they're both culturally liberal, they both support the police state, and they're both hyper-zionist.
 
Anarchist420 said:
He is and I'd rather have Santorum be President than that dumbfuck Huntsman.
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My jaw dropped when I read this, then I went back and saw who posted it. Now I understand.


Huntsman's a possibility-but two Moromons on the ticket will focus unwanted attention on Romney's cult religion.

Personally I don't see Rice as VP. There is a rule in show biz-as headliner, never have an opening act better than you. Rice's abilities are a magnitude higher than Romney's, and I doubt after her experience with GWB she is willing to be the suffering good soldier for a clueless boss again.
 
a777pilot said:
Has she ever held elective office?

Does she have any economic and/or managerial experience?

Did she vote for obama in 2008?

That would be a no, no and yes.

Not a good choice.
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why does being a politician have to be a req for VP or even president? If you mean having exp running state agencies then she headed the NSA and State department.

As for economic and managerial exp see the above. She was also Provost at Stanford... Apparently your memory serves you poorly.
 
Rice would be an inspired choice, as she is strong in the areas where Romney is weak, such as foreign relations and defense, and ha excellent positive/negative ratings. But she's in pretty much the same position as Powell - if she was interested in elective office she's be competing for the top slot rather than the seat warming dog robber spot. Hell, Bush called her '44'.
 
Too bad, Rice probably would have been halfway decent. So would Huntsman. Unfortunately, we will probably end up with a Palin clone or that Governor from NJ. The bar for GOP VP candidates hasn't been very high as of late....
 
Condoleeza Rice was one of the architects of our catastrophic invasion of Iraq. In what possible universe is she a good VP choice?
 
I would lose a lot of respect for Condie if she joined up with Romney.

ichy that is true to, i think she was in a little to much over her head at that point.
 
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werepossum said:
Rice would be an inspired choice, as she is strong in the areas where Romney is weak, such as foreign relations and defense, and ha excellent positive/negative ratings. But she's in pretty much the same position as Powell - if she was interested in elective office she's be competing for the top slot rather than the seat warming dog robber spot. Hell, Bush called her '44'.
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There is no way today's iteration of the Republican Party would ever nominate a pro-choice, pro-immigration woman who might or might not be gay. She would be castigated as a "RINO" and laughed off the scene as a prospective nominee.
 
No Rice, no way.

First off she was a failure as National Security Advisor then a failure as Secretary of State.
Second, she is pro choice.
Third she doesn't bring any votes in any particular state.
Fourth she would have to answer the question as to what was in the speech she was going to deliver on 9-11(she didn't see terrorism as a big threat)
Fifth she brings the stench of the Bush failure with her.
Sixth she is unmarried which still is a big thing for some voters

No, Romney will not pick a woman. After the Palin fiasco he would need an exceptionally qualified woman and there ain't any of them around. Some people mention Kelly Ayotte, who has only been a Senator for two years and has had some high profile negatives like when she refused to prosecute a financial firm for a 100 million dollar swindle and she deleted all her emails and other records when she left her job as NH Attorney General.
And even if he did pick a woman the stories in the press would be half about Palin.

You heard it here. Rob Portman will be Romneys choice for VP.
 
Don Vito Corleone said:
There is no way today's iteration of the Republican Party would ever nominate a pro-choice, pro-immigration woman who might or might not be gay. She would be castigated as a "RINO" and laughed off the scene as a prospective nominee.
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Maybe, but Rice is extremely popular with the Republican base.

techs said:
No Rice, no way.

First off she was a failure as National Security Advisor then a failure as Secretary of State.
Second, she is pro choice.
Third she doesn't bring any votes in any particular state.
Fourth she would have to answer the question as to what was in the speech she was going to deliver on 9-11(she didn't see terrorism as a big threat)
Fifth she brings the stench of the Bush failure with her.
Sixth she is unmarried which still is a big thing for some voters

No, Romney will not pick a woman. After the Palin fiasco he would need an exceptionally qualified woman and there ain't any of them around. Some people mention Kelly Ayotte, who has only been a Senator for two years and has had some high profile negatives like when she refused to prosecute a financial firm for a 100 million dollar swindle and she deleted all her emails and other records when she left her job as NH Attorney General.
And even if he did pick a woman the stories in the press would be half about Palin.

You heard it here. Rob Portman will be Romneys choice for VP.
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Half the stories in the press will be about Palin anyway.
 
HaHa. Christie?
Best person for Obama.
While the right wing wacko sites love him, the truth is his negatives are huge.
I wonder how many people know he promised a tax cut if New Jersey revenues rose to a certain point this year, and when they didn't he borrowed money from the state hiway fund, something he promised to never do, to give the tax cut.

I can just see "borrow and tax cut" Christie on the ticket.
 
If Christy was picked, and the VP debate was the two guys sitting at a table doing in depth discussion of real issues, that would be awesome.

I don't see Christy happening either though-why throw away a pretty good shot at 2016 for a crapshoot now that could easily leave him as permanently damaged goods. Christie will stump for Romney (and be one of the better proxies) but he'd have to have the VP bid forced down his throat.

Nah, the VP will be some wonderbread bland GOP governor 99% of us never heard of (if it's not Rubio).
 
Thump553 said:
If Christy was picked, and the VP debate was the two guys sitting at a table doing in depth discussion of real issues, that would be awesome.

I don't see Christy happening either though-why throw away a pretty good shot at 2016 for a crapshoot now that could easily leave him as permanently damaged goods. Christie will stump for Romney (and be one of the better proxies) but he'd have to have the VP bid forced down his throat.

Nah, the VP will be some wonderbread bland GOP governor 99% of us never heard of (if it's not Rubio).
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Nah, Rubio is not an option.
Rubio's big negative is that Cubans who illegally come to America become citizens yet Mexicans can't.

That will be the big topic about Rubio for quite awhile. He will have to explain if he supports this or not. If he doesn't he loses Florida's Cuban community. If he does the right wing wackos will destroy him.

Plus he barely has any experience and he lied when he said his parents came to the US to escape Castro and Communism, when in truth the came here way before Castro took power.
 
zinfamous said:
that's weird. what, then, does the republican base actually believe, if Rice's stance on issues tend to run quite counter to that of the base?
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The Republicans are not some monolithic organization where everybody believes the same thing. Neither are the Democrats for that matter.
 
zinfamous said:
that's weird. what, then, does the republican base actually believe, if Rice's stance on issues tend to run quite counter to that of the base?
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Rice is not popular in the way that would mean they would like her to be an actual candidate She is a black woman who is a Republican and has some experience in foreign affairs. That makes her popular like Herman Cain was popular. As someone who "shows" that the Republican party is inclusive by being a poster girl or boy. Not as an actual candidate.
After her 15 minutes are up the right wing will be out to crucify Romney for picking her.
 
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