McCain-Pawlenty Looking Better Than McCain-Romney
DENVER—As Sen. John McCain comes to an end in his search for a running mate, there are new indications today that he is looking at Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and not foe-turned-pal Mitt Romney. Sources close to Romney tell us that his camp has not had vice presidential talks and dealings for a while, leading them to believe that the other running mate topping McCain's list has edged him out. Of concern is the likelihood that the Democrats would dub a McCain-Romney ticket the richest ever. In fact, at a breakfast today, when I asked Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow if the Romney name would help in the industrial state once governed by his dad, she turned the question to Romney's wealth. She even added up the number of houses Romney and McCain have, coming to a total of 12. Though "the Romney name is well known" in Michigan, she says, the economic elitism label the Democrats would hit the ticket with would roll over Romney's brand name.
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Happy Day
Happy Birthday Presidential Candidate John McCain!
This is an EXPERIENCE..A NEW BEGINNING!
We Nominate you, especially with your gifts of Reform,
Prosperity, and Peace. Launching we Hope by establishing
Mitt Romney as OUR Vice-Presidential Candidate!!!
Working while going to college
I don't know anything about Pawlenty, but he did work his way through college. I have never heard that Obama ever had a job to support his private school education and help his poor middle class grandparents. Even Clinton had a paper route. Democrats love to take about the hard working middle class yet they attend private elite schools and community service is when they are in a paid job. Do they ever volunteer for free and pay to help their community with their own money? Its clear to mean their idea of community service is when they have a high paying government job. The Kennedy's are a perfect of Democrats than make millions doing community service jobs. If Obama was so poor why didn't he go into the military like his poor white grandfather he brags about that got his college from the GI bill. The Democrats are rich beyond belief and profit from the working class.
If the Democrats are soooo poor how can they afford to donate their money to this party? How much gas could they buy. They are buying hot air and complain about the rich Republicans. There are more self serving millionaire Democrats that cry poor as they get hair plugs and face lifts......give me a break!
Pawlenty's not a super choice either
If Pawlenty is the safe choice, then get ready to hear "President Obama." He was not elected governor either time by an overwhelming majority - people tend to forget that MN is one of the leaders in 3rd party races - nothing more than 35-40% of total votes each time if I recall correctly - 60% being split between 2 other candidates. He was elected by the skin of his teeth - which is why a large majority of Minnesotans are chuckling at the thought he's being taken seriously as a VP contender.
He refuses to raise taxes like the lock-step Republicans do - yet he has done nothing to see that the taxes we do pay get spent efficiently either, you can't insist on one and ignore the other. When we had a supposed surplus, it went nowhere - neither back to the taxpayers nor invested in state programs and infrastructure, schools are underfunded, roads and highways are crumbling, we have record unemployment higher than other states - the first time in MN history that can be said. But it's more important to Pawlenty to say no to the T word, even when he's wrong. To think of what that one-time surplus would have done if it were invested in re-inforcing the 35W bridge instead of more administration?
He's exactly what McCain needs if he wants to further prove that Republicans are stubborn, inflexible, and out of touch with what's happening to the average American - don't let the casual working-class "unknown" persona fool you.
If McCain goes for Pawlenty, it's more a sign of McCain's campaign having trouble than it is about Pawlenty's strength.
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