Mitt and ____________??Follow

... cause that's what friends are for.

How about Tadpole Jackson?

I happen to think Rubio would be a good choice. Maybe not the best one, but while he's well regarded by the Tea Party, he is not seen in the same "wild eyed crazy" way as some other Tea Party leaders (except by the far far left of course, who don't really count anyway). He's Latino, which helps. There are a lot of Latino voters who lean to the right, but tend to be afraid of certain issues (immigration specifically) if anyone but a Latino conservative is talking about them. His stance on immigration does not hurt him with mainstream Latino voters at all.

The bigger issue IMO, and one which Rubio may or may not address is the south. And before anyone starts throwing knowing looks and saying "southern strategy", the reality is that the primaries have shown that Romney is weak in the south (duh). His VP pick pretty much absolutely has to be someone who can get voters in southern states to vote GOP. There's a fair number of possibilities to be honest.

It will not be Santorum. Too much baggage. It probably wont be Gingrich. He's too similar to Romney in the eyes of voters (although he is stronger in the south). It has to be someone who will be viewed positively by religious right conservatives, but not be scary to moderates and independents. That's going to be tricky IMO, but doable. He might go for a woman, but the pickings are slim. Not because there aren't plenty of conservative women who could do the job, but because the left tends to single them out for special attention and assault (can't allow women to choose to be anything but liberal you know!) so most of them have been so demonized (or are afraid of being Palinized), that any choice can end out being dangerous.



Yeah. I agree to that as well. Although it doesn't necessarily have to be about hip appeal. They got that with Obama and young voters are largely unhappy with the result. I think that this time around, they just need to get the message that fun and games and clever idealistic slogans are great, but if you're young and want to have a good job when you get out of school, voting Republican will be a better choice. Obama's already provided enough failed promises and hopes and dreams to fill the negative side of that equation. Just need to present an alternative and appeal to young voters taking responsibility for building a better tomorrow, not just voting for hope and seeing it dashed.

You really shouldn't use a term like "ultra-conservative" without clearly defining what you mean. Trust me, it means radically different things to different people.

If Gbaji is pulling for Rubio, he should be your man. Gbaji also defended Palin to his last breath and look at how that worked out.

I'm saying that she almost certainly cost him votes given where her popularity with independents was at come election day. But, no, he would have lost regardless.

We can't all start barking every time someone rings the "Government!" bell

Pretend that I have no clue what the word "conservative" means, much less what an "ultra" version of a conservative is. I just feel that sometimes we sling these words around without really thinking about what we're saying. Hell. Sometimes I think we use them in order to avoid being clear about what we're saying. We use a term. The folks we're talking to use it back. We all pretend that we're talking about the same thing.

But sometimes we're not. Call me crazy, but I like to check every once in awhile, just to be sure that we really are talking about the same thing here.

For example, I thought that the key platform of the Tea Party *was* fiscal conservative. So your insistence that since you're ultra-conservative fiscally, that this somehow differentiates you from the Tea Party which is just ultra-conservative in general, kinda makes no sense. Is there some other measurement of "ultra-conservative" which the Tea Party has, but you don't?



Sure. Assuming we can even nail down a working definition of fiscal conservative. I know... Crazy talk!

Edited, Apr 6th 2012 5:38pm by gbaji

It was, I think. It got hijacked by all the racists, gay bashers, and pretty much other of the rest of the republican party that doesn't want to compromise on anything ever.

The tea party is full of fake libertarians.

Apparently the sign says "No Gbajis allowed".

Duh.

I don't know, I consider myself (at least) somewhat conservative, I'm still here I just don't post much.

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