{"id":7593,"date":"2012-04-19T14:33:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T21:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=7593"},"modified":"2012-04-19T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-19T21:33:12","slug":"who-will-be-romneys-vp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/19\/who-will-be-romneys-vp\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Will Be Romney’s VP?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Switch Hit Mitt is shopping for a VP candidate, and I think he has a hard choice to make.  If he choses a Neocon\/Corporacon\/Plutocon candidate with comparatively moderate social views, like Condi Rice, he\u2019ll offend the rabid Theocon\/InsaniTEA wings.  On the other hand, if he picks a social fascist like McDonald, he\u2019ll turn off swing voters.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"19VP\"Mitt Romney\u2019s search for a vice presidential running mate has only just begun, but speculation among top Republicans and Romney\u2019s close allies is well under way. Here is how the list of potential running mates looks today.<\/p>\n

Top Tier<\/h6>\n

Rob Portman<\/a> \u2013 The popular senator from the important state of Ohio has twice been a cabinet level official, as well as a member of the House and Senate. He\u2019s arguably the most qualified person on the list and he helped Romney beat Rick Santorum in the Ohio primary.<\/p>\n

Marco Rubio<\/a> \u2013 His political skills are obvious as his rock-star status among conservatives. And, at a time when Republican support among Hispanics has cratered, the Florida senator is a Cuban-American who could actually deliver his acceptance speech in fluent Spanish. Rubio helps in Florida but also potentially in battleground states with big Hispanic populations like New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado.<\/p>\n

Jeb Bush<\/a> \u2013 And here is the surprise: in my top tier is the former \u2014 and still popular \u2014 governor of Florida, Jeb Bush. Romney has so much respect for Jeb Bush, he said late last year that he might not have run for president if Jeb Bush was in the race. Friends of Romney say the admiration is real. There is also obvious political appeal: Jeb Bush remains a popular figure in Florida and among Hispanics\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Please click through for the rest of the list.<\/font><\/p>\n

Lawrence O’Donnell discusses the potential choices with Alicia Menendez and Krystal Ball.<\/font><\/p>\n

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I have no idea who he will pick, but in the interest of humorous satire, here are some possibilities I would find most entertaining.  <\/font>Allen West, Louie Gohmert, Joe Wilson, Sarah Palin, Sharon Angle, Christine O\u2019Donnell, Jan Brewer, or Rand Paul.  <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Switch Hit Mitt is shopping for a VP candidate, and I think he has a hard choice to make.  If he choses a Neocon\/Corporacon\/Plutocon candidate with comparatively moderate social views, like Condi Rice, he\u2019ll offend the rabid Theocon\/InsaniTEA wings.  On the other hand, if he picks a social fascist like McDonald, he\u2019ll turn off swing […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}