Assuming a Romney Repub Nomination, which running mate would make the R ticket most formidable?

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In other words, which potential Romney running mate would make the repub ticket the biggest threat to Obama/Biden?

[elleng]

1. Jeb

(sorry) :(

[JCMach1]

17. Yep, the ONLY person who can bring the evangelicals, social conservatives

and fiscal conservatives together...

:puke:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I agree with elleng...

Romney/Jeb would be formidable...

Romney because he is the least bat-shit crazy of all of them, and Jeb because he knows how to be presidential more smoothly than his brother.

[RichGirl]

14. I think people are done with Bushes.

There is no escaping that GWB ruined the economy, started wars etc. They can blame Obama now, but they know it was Bush. Neither father or son were good presidents so expecting Jeb to be better just because of maybe being presidential? I realize they are really stupid and don't like to think too hard but even so, I think they want to forget all things Bush.

Jeb has repeatedly said NO. After seeing what father and son have been through, the humiliation...he'd have to be really stupid to want to step into that pile of....!

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3. elleng, Peggy - really? You really think the nation would pull the lever for another bush?

Just this far out from the last one?

You both may be right, but I think a bush on the ticket would be poison.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I wouldn't be surprised if they went for Jeb.

There's an awful lot of stupid folk that would.

Of course he would be poison!

So would Romney...

[Skittles]

16. HELLO

Dubya stole an election, allowed the biggest terrorist attack in American history, lost the towers, four big planes, the City of New Orleans, the respect of the ENTIRE WORLD, started two senseless wars, crashed the economy and STILL got APPLAUDED at the World Series game - AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE STUPID

[11 Bravo]

35. To be fair, that was in Texas, where whenever an armadillo is born, the cumulative state IQ goes up.

[DFLforever]

4. Romney/southern governor or senator

Jeb Bush besides having the drawback of being a Bush isn't conservative enough for today's GOP.
Romney will need a true conservative on the ticket, preferably one with evangelical cred.

[JournalistKev87]

6. *Shudder*

Who would have thought to see the day when a fucking BUSH wouldn't be conservative enough!

[Tx4obama]

5. Too early for another 'Bush'. Romney would have to pick someone NOT on the list above.

Rubio - no - because of his Cuba lie
Cain - no - his lying the past two days has rendered him moot
Perry - no - his 'drunken/doped-up' NH speech video will be the end of him
Paul - no - too old and too extreme
Bachmann - no - too crazy
Gingrich - no way - all he wants to do is sell books and video cds

[NBachers]

8. Joe Lieberman?

[Sportsguy]

9. Romney/Ryan(A-Wi)

[shotten99]

11. I wouldn't be surprised with this one at all-

Followed by a Ryan candidacy in 2016.

My gut level feeling is that Cain is toast by Friday, and lingers like a Gary Hart candidate in 1988.

[Tx4obama]

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[Tx4obama]

12. Oh Lord. Ryan is TOTALLY unacceptable !!! n/t

[Sancho]

10. jeb...

:puke:

[the other one]

15. Huckabee

Teabaggers love him
He has run before
No recent tape of him trashing Romney

[SkyDaddy7]

18. Romney/Huntsman...

But that might cost them the Christian Evangelical Vote.

[Bombtrack]

20. The first Mormon major party nominee is not going to pick a Mormon runningmate

I somehow think if Romney is worring about locking down Utah there aren't many states he'd be safe in.

[SkyDaddy7]

21. LOL! That NEVER crossed my mind! LOL!

You are 100% correct! I knew both are Mormons but I never thought about it before I made my comment.
The Christian Right would DIE!!!

[WI_DEM]

22. Two Mormons from Utah on the same ticket?

[MH1]

27. if they're really both from Utah that might be illegal anyway

wasn't that an issue with Bush/Cheney?

[SkyDaddy7]

38. I know...I know that but...

it did not cross my mind at the time I wrote my comment...After you & another person pointed it out I could not help but laugh at myself! LOL!

[Bombtrack]

19. Petraeus

[MH1]

26. why would he do it?

[quiller4]

31. He wouldn't. He changed his registration from R to I. n/t

[apnu]

23. Other: Ficus plant (nt)

[Nancy Waterman]

24. Kay Bailey Hutchinson

Attractive female conservative

[Freddie Stubbs]

28. She's not sufficiently anti-abortion for conservative Republcians

[AlinPA]

25. Rubio.

[polichick]

29. Too many lies, too recently.

[AlinPA]

36. Too many people in this country have millisecond-long memories and are stupid as hell. They

won't remember.

[polichick]

42. His lies insulted people who came to this country for economic reasons...

They won't forget so quickly.

And those lies will make great ads against him.

[MrsCorleone]

45. Agreed.

Plus, he's from a electorally critical state, he's attractive and articulate, and he'll siphon a lot of the Hispanic vote.

[Elsewheres Grandson]

47. I agree, AlinPA

It's his if he wants it, even if Perry is the nominee.

[polichick]

30. Has to be a far-right religious nutjob to get Evangelicals to the polls.

[countingbluecars]

32. Romney/Christie n/t

[kjackson227]

33. I agree with Romney/Christie also.

[Ter]

34. Two moderates won't work

No, they aren't moderates to normal people but the Tea Party thinks they both are. They would need a Tea favored VP.

[Ikonoklast]

37. The corpse of Zombie Reagan is the only thing that can save Mittens.

No one that the Republicans have, in their first team or bench-warmers is worth a bucket of warm spit.

[BlueIris]

39. I put "Won't be the Repub nominee," but if he is--Condi Rice as VP.

Think about it.

[harun]

40. Yah, he'd probably have to pick a neo-con. Paul is no neo-con.

[opihimoimoi]

41. Even if the GOOD LORD was his running mate...he would lose his ass

[Proud Liberal Dem]

43. I think that they may seriously choose somebody like Ryan

who the Republican establishment and the media seem to adore him for his allegedly "serious" economic proposals, particularly since this upcoming election will likely turn largely on the economy rather than social issues. :eyes:

[Marsala]

46. But in economic seriousness he's redundant with Romney. And two wonks on one ticket?

No, Romney will pick someone with more raw base appeal than elite appeal.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

49. Not necessarily

Most conservatives don't trust Romney- on the economy OR social issues. They do, however, seem to trust Ryan and like his economic proposals and Randian philosophy. They might feel like if Romney puts Ryan on the ticket, he'll keep Romney "honest". :shrug:

[Johnny2X2X]

44. Interesting

I think he'll go Lieberman or someone just as moderate. He knows the Right Wing hates Obama so much that they have to vote for whoever the GOP runs. I think Obama will beat this ticket too, but not as easily as if Romney goes hard right. Obama-Biden would smoke Romney-Perry, Romney-Ryan, or Romney-Bachman.

[lucca18]

48. Tim Pawlenty nt

[Proud Liberal Dem]

50. Not too sure about that

He's basically a "lite" version of Romney IMHO.

[boston bean]

51. Romney/Chris Christie. I think that is who he will choose.

[RoadRage]

52. Huckabee...

If Romney is on top of the ticket, they will need a Bible Thumper to pull in the Social Con vote. Palin is not gonna work.. so I look to a Huckster as being on the ticket. Dream Ticket? Not by a long shot.. but they don't have anyone without serious baggage.

[watercolors]

53. I think he will pick a woman, but no idea who it could be.

[Katashi_itto]

54. A really well polished, Large Rock as VP would give stability to his campaign.

Pet Rock lovers would be drawn to his campaign.

[Douglas Carpenter]

55. accepting a liberal and a non-Christian as the nominee would be hard enough -they would HAVE to have

a Christian and a real Republican as the Vice Presidential nominee - at the very least. So in other words Romney fails the batshit crazy litmus test that the overwhelming majority of the base would demand. He would be forced to either satisfy the base by picking someone really extreme or completely abandoning the base and picking someone relatively moderate. I suspect given how much all leading GOP contenders have abandoned traditional conservatism for loonier rightwingism - I would guess he would go with the former.
(BTW - obviously I don't consider Romney either a liberal or a non-Christian - I am speaking of how the dominant lunatic majority of today's Republican Party now thinks)