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Does sure up mean the same thing as shore up?Well lets see based on the ones in the poll
Huntsman ---> By far my favorite candidate but gives nothing to the ticket, since he's viewed in a similar fashion to Mitt. Would be useless as the VP pick. Bad choice
Santorum ---> Would help sure up some of the evangelical base, but will drive away independents and turns an election that needs to be economic focused into a partially social one. Bad choice.
Cain ---> Not very experienced, but as VP that's less of an issue. Popular with the base which would help sure up a location Romney's hurting at. Private sector experience and economic focused which could help this election cycle. Could actually be the best choice out of this group.
Perry ---> Solid with the base, and as VP his debate skills won't be as big of a deal. However, such a large personality that it may not work as VP. Not a bad choce, not a great one.
Bachmann ---> See Santorum.
Gringrich ---> Would help a bit with the base, would trounce Biden in the little bit of VP debates that happens, and would be a good fit as VP. However, his baggage may hamper him way to much. Similar to Perry, not bad but not great.
Of the picks you've put forward, I would say Cain would be the best bet for Romney to pick as VP
I vote for Romney, but his second choice will be none of the above. I can't imagine Romney putting Huntsman (another Mormon) on his ticket.
Well lets see based on the ones in the poll
Huntsman ---> By far my favorite candidate but gives nothing to the ticket, since he's viewed in a similar fashion to Mitt. Would be useless as the VP pick. Bad choice
Santorum ---> Would help shore up some of the evangelical base, but will drive away independents and turns an election that needs to be economic focused into a partially social one. Bad choice.
Cain ---> Not very experienced, but as VP that's less of an issue. Popular with the base which would help shore up a location Romney's hurting at. Private sector experience and economic focused which could help this election cycle. Could actually be the best choice out of this group.
Perry ---> Solid with the base, and as VP his debate skills won't be as big of a deal. However, such a large personality that it may not work as VP. Not a bad choce, not a great one.
Bachmann ---> See Santorum.
Gringrich ---> Would help a bit with the base, would trounce Biden in the little bit of VP debates that happens, and would be a good fit as VP. However, his baggage may hamper him way to much. Similar to Perry, not bad but not great.
Of the picks you've put forward, I would say Cain would be the best bet for Romney to pick as VP
You know what, I think Gingrich might be an excellent pick for the very reasons you state are his baggage. Gingrich is an ideas guy. He's great at putting together legislation and getting support. He just needs a face to distract the public from his bad choices in the past. He could sink away into the VP house and work on legislation day and night while Romney is out glad handing and making speeches....it might just be the best fit...if you assume Romney is the guy. And that is looking more and more likely every day.
If Romney wins the nomination, his veep will be a strong conservative. If he doesn't do that, his base will NOT be energized and that will mean BO wins again. The conservatives already know Romney is untrustworthy, he can't compound that problem by picking some weak ass RINO (daniels, huntswoman, christie, etc) as veep
The problem being that the Vice-Presidency is WORTHLESS, and most Conservatives are not stupid enough to be drawn into voting for a candidate simply because his SIDEKICK is a better person than he is.
that's just not true. cheney ran our country for 8 years.
After Christie gave his endorsement, I'm pretty much assuming it's Romney. Cain will likely get torn down somewhere in between now and the start of the primaries. So thus it's just a VP choice.
Romney-Huntsman
Romney-Santorum
Romney-Cain
Romney-Perry
Romney-Bachmann
Romney-Gringrich
liblady said:that's just not true. cheney ran our country for 8 years.
Gingrich's time is gone. His best shot would've been when he was receiving well-deserved praise for his Contract with America a few administrations ago.
His star is long fallen.
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