Hume: Romney as VP Shows McCain Weak on Economy

[tekisui]

Fox's Chris Wallace asked Brit Hume to consider John McCain's potential running mates. Hume thought Mitt Romney would be an "attractive choice" but was not without a downside.

Hume said, "It might look like another way of McCain stating again he doesn't know much about the economy."

link: http://rawstory.com//news/2008/Hume_Romney_as_VP_shows_McCain_0727.html

This sounds like:
1-It won't be mittens?
2-It's a set up to criticize Obama's pick.

[darius15]

1. Romney would be the best veep pick for McCain

because he would bring Michigan into play, and McCain can't win the presidency without a Kerry State.

[VolcanoJen]

7. The last veep nominee to deliver a state was Lyndon Johnson.

Almost 50 years ago.

This geographical conventional wisdom is so flawed that I certainly hope McCain actually believes Romney will help him in Michigan. :-)

[my3boyz]

9. Why? Bush won? If he gets the same as Bush then he wins? nt

[opihimoimoi]

2. McCain.....canardly find someone to answer the damn phone...suddenly, his dream is dead in the water

all are moving on to 2012.....

[Carrieyazel]

3. Mittens would be among the lamest picks he could make.

He ran a crappy campaign. He had leads in most of the early states, and then lost almost all of them.

He's easy to portray as a flopper, and the Mormon issue will be a problem.

[darius15]

4. You have a point.

But in my opinion, John McCain is behind in electoral math and desperately needs someone who can give him a big state. Romney could deliver Michigan.

[Bobbie Jo]

5. McCain is behind in electoral math, Rovian math, and basic math...

As far as Romney is concerned, voters have already shown they want no part of this guy. In fact, I doubt that he would even help carry Michigan at this point. Like one of the other posters said.....it's the "creep" factor.

Short of resurrecting Ronald Reagan....:freak:

If McCain is counting on a VP pick to win the presidency this late in the game, he's already lost.

[TheKentuckian]

6. Romney's appeal is overstated

He looks at has the credentials of a perfect GOP candidate but he seems to creep people out across the political spectrum.

What they don't want to accept is they have about nothing as far as candidates, McCain is awful and he's the best they have. They have to reformat and repopulate they have like their top 3-4 lines totally failed and hated.

[VolcanoJen]

8. The guy is just not likeable. He comes off as a smarmy rich asshole...

... in a way-too-expensive suit. He's a phony. He's Governor GoodHair. His family is weird. He latched his dog to the roof of the family truckster and drove cross-country. He was a leverage buyout king who decimated the companies he purchased. He's not the kind of guy the country is looking toward to lead them through a recession, and let's face it, McCain's long in the tooth and his VP really is a heartbeat away.

Good gawd I hope McCain picks him. :-)

[trashcanistanista]

10. Personally I hope he picks Mit.

Yes he ceeps people out, the Mormon thing is very big in the south and he compliments McCain's creepiness and brings it out even more if that's possible.