http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/us-usa-campaign-romney-vp-idUSBRE85018O20120601
In the history of presidential elections in the United States rarely does it matter who the VP candidate is. I don’t think it usually helps or hurts, everyone is voting for the man on the top of the ticket. In 1960- JFK needed Texas and LBJ delivered. There have been some uninspirted picks- Ted Agnew in 68. Nixon still won, Danny Quayle in 88 and GHW Bush still won. I don’t think Palin helped McCain but I also don’t think he cost him the election. Having said that Romney can’t pick some other white guy- especially some other white guy from the northeast[A Christie} I think he has the opportunity to pick someone that may help him -Marco Rubio in Florida. Florida is going to be one of those states again that could win or lose an election. Rubio couldn’t help but help with the Cuban/latino vote. Rubio would be a good choice. I don’t know if Condi Rice would have any interest but I’d give her a call too. Romney needs something to get people a little energized.
Maybe the election in November is going to be- a thumbs up/thumbs down vote on Obama anyway.
One state I don’t see the Obama/Biden plane landing in is West Virginia- its thumbs down on Obama there. Last month in the primary a prisoner down in Texas got 41 percent of the vote vs Obama. They are trying to make into a bad mark on West Virginia. I think its a bad mark on POTUS.
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i have to agree with you on this. I am not sure that Rubio exactly fits the bill of what the ticket will want, but i dont think that they will stray too far off course here. i think that mccain did not fully vet palin in 2008. that was obvious. however i would say that if the media and others had chased obama as much as they did palin the election may have been different.
that being said – i think that romney will make a careful choice. one that has been vetted already. condi rice makes a good choice in that regard, since she has been secy of state and director of the nsa, there would be little resistance to her. i dont think they know all about rubio. i just do not see condi accepting the role. she seems happy at stanford, and she has already said her dream job is nfl commish. that would be interesting.
Roger God-dell is a young man-unless the NFL fires him she may have a long wait for that gig. The NFL has a history of keeping their commissioners forever. In that last 50 years what have they had-3?