I agree...
 

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Guy, I like JC and would vote for him over McCain in a flash. Minority and strong conservative, albeit from a small state. However, how many additional votes do you think he would bring? Look at Obama's run against Alan Keyes. How many votes did Keyes get?

I wish JC would run for Senate, and then look to bigger things.

I hear you, but I would take the extra percent of Hispanics that could be persuaded to vote Republican over the very few blacks who would, even with their political clout. As you well know, the black vote is largely pledged to the Dems, who IMHO, are not looking after the interests of many black Americans.

TR

How much effect do you think the VP has on economic policy?

What does Bloomberg bring as VP that he would not get as Sec Treasury, Fed Chair, or just a trusted advisor?

BTW, the economy was running along just fine till the Dem Congress took over. Last time I checked, they appropriated the money. About as much cause and effect there as President Bush has had.

TR

GOD knows...
 

I've been trying to get the word out! They will NOT listen too me.:o

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I think the better example would be Lt Governor Michael Steele. He was as impressive as any candidate for Senate in 2006. While Steele was a much more impressive candidate than Keyes he was also had the advantage of running against a white democrat. Despite those advantages he only managed to pull in 25% of the black vote in Maryland.

Keyes was an outsider who was a last second replacement for a candidate mired in a sex scandal. He was going to get it handed to him one way or another regardless of his race.

If considerations are given to a female VP, Id have to agree with Shar I would also not discount Alaska governor Sarah Palin. JMHO

I think that after Cheney being VP people will pay more attention to this choice so It could be more important than in elections of the past.

As a voice in the room with those kind of decisions get made I like him. He would have more impact on those decisions there than as Sec Tres or Fed Chair.

The one thing I don't like in general with politics in the present is selecting a candidate because he'll bring in a certain block of voters. That's great in the short run to get our guy in office but where are the credentials and experience to back it up. That's why I'm so confused as to the appeal of Obama. IMHO experience counts for a lot.

As far as the other names being thrown around. I haven't heard of most of them and they may be great guys but I'd like to think a candiate is bringing more to the table than getting behind core party policies that were decided a long time ago.

This thread reminds me of a book I want to read but haven't yet. Maybe someone else will like it.

The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
http://www.amazon.com/Myth-Rational-.../dp/0691129428

Senator Hutchison was in the Dallas Morning News the other day saying she is not interested.

I also saw Palin's name but can't recall what was said.

Oh to be young and to know everything without having experienced it...:rolleyes:

Millions of Republican conservatives would stay home with a McCain-Bloomberg ticket. I know I would.

Kay Bailey Hutchinson is good, but Texas will go Republican regardless of who the VP is.

Palin is unknown nationally, and Alaska has too few voters to bring anything to the table.

I hope they find the right person to give conservatives a reason to vote without running off too many independents.

TR

JC Watts
 

I like the idea of JC Watts, he's young and energetic... and black. But he hasn't been in politics since 2002. That's eons ago.

The GOP needs a younger, conservative rock star to balance McCain. The problem is - we don't have a rock star. The biggest failing of the GOP over the last 8 years is that it has been stagnating and not grooming it's Obama.

Just checked In-Trade and they have Pawlenty by a mile. Rice, Giuiani, Huckabee, Romney, Thompson, Hutchinson, Steele are also mentioned but are in single digits. (If you buy into In-Trade at all.)

Exactly.

Where would we be now if Cheney had stepped down for health reasons in 2004 and JC Watts been on the ticket?

Or Condi?

Or any one of a number of conservative young Republicans.

We might be looking at McCain as a possible VP nominee.

Where are Pawlenty's conservative creds, what quals does he bring to the table, and why would we want him as VP?

TR

Pawlenty
 

March 2, 2008, 11:16PM
How Tim Pawlenty lost his spot on the McCain ticket

By ROBERT D. NOVAK

Minnesota's Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty carefully prepared his plan for controlling greenhouse gas emissions to present it at the annual Washington winter meeting of governors.

That effort coincided with Pawlenty's fast-rising prospects to become Sen. John McCain's choice for vice president. But behind closed doors, his fellow governors from energy-producing states complained so vigorously that the scheme was buried.

Pawlenty's position as chairman of the National Governors Association may prove his undoing. While party insiders sing his praises as ideal to be McCain's running mate, leading conservative Republican governors have been less than pleased with him. Pawlenty has collaborated with the NGA vice chairman, Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell, in a fat economic stimulus package, as well as the energy proposal.

Hours after Pawlenty's energy plan was derailed, McCain himself was urged in private by GOP governors not to appear to be anti-coal or anti-oil. The upshot of a busy recent Saturday at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Washington was that Pawlenty came over as somebody considerably different from what McCain needs to calm conservatives. He left the nation's capital as a less attractive vice presidential possibility than he was when he arrived.

The 47-year-old Pawlenty long has been talked about as a good fit for the 71-year-old McCain. He is the most conservative Minnesota governor since Theodore "Tightwad Ted" Christianson in 1925. Elected for two terms (albeit narrowly) in a slightly blue state, Pawlenty is seen by supporters as a plus for McCain in the Democratic upper Midwest if added to the ticket.

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For the rest of the article:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...k/5586397.html

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So maybe not??

There are no "rock star" conservatives largely due to the fact that they are manufactured by the mainstream media. Take Obama for instance. He is clearly inexperienced for the job with only three years as the junior Senator from Illinois on his resume, yet he can do no wrong. Matt Blunt on the other hand was elected as Governor of Missouri in 2004 at the age of 33. Have you heard a single word mentioned about him in the National media? If he ran for the White House he would have been dismissed as too inexperienced for the job.

When you get into these pop culture wars conservatives always lose because the producers of pop culture in this country are by in large liberal.

Never said I knew everything. Just expressing an opinion.

And I agree wholeheartedly with your last sentence. The only reason I threw Bloomberg's name out there was his financial background and his cash. He's far from perfect.

Colin Powell...
 

He may not be your "ultimate" choice for a conservative however; he moves and speaks "rock" star!:D

Many of agents have been removed for looking in, rather than looking out when providing his protection.:cool:

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