Comments on: Whitman for Vice President?

By: sgfan

sgfan — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:18:25 +0000

I couldn't disagree more than the selection on Christine Todd Whitman. What few conservatives that are left who might be considering voting for McCain rather than just sitting this one out, would simply go with their original thoughts and stay home. What does she bring to the table that John McCain needs? NOTHING! If you don't have an excited, energized conservative base, John McCain can kiss this election goodbye. We already don't like his positions on campaign finance reform, and his amnesty bill for illegals. I find this suggestion simply foolish dreaming.

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:56:35 +0000

Whitman is fit to be Clinton's Vice President, if she's willing to take orders and do little else.

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:53:06 +0000

Huckabee is often more like a Dem than a Republican but he is an obvious social and religious conservative and he's logical as McCain's token VP candidate. I say “candidate” rather than “choice” because there's no guarantee Huck will be the choice (especially if he's resented for still running — there's no reason for him to stop, just that it's quixotic).

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:45:56 +0000

Superdestroyer, I was still in California at the time (“doing time” in LA, the nation's cultural capital for decades now) and the normal American response, defined by us there, was: “WHO???” There was no big thing to Ferraro; it was a giant fizzle because so many had never heard of the person before. Had it been someone well-known, like Dianne Feinstein, it would have been different with the response of the public even if the results were probably certain to have been the same that November.

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:42:42 +0000

She's even more of a Dem than McCain the flirter is. About all you can say in its favor (and you are adept to identify her) is that it would be an honest as well as a compatible choice.

The voters' response: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (not excited by “b-a-a-a-a-a-a-a”)

By: Davebo

Davebo — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:44:43 +0000

JC Watts, anyone?

Sweet! From your lips to McCains ears!

By: elrod

elrod — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:02:55 +0000

McCain needs a bonafide conservative. Preferably a Southerner. Tom Coburn would help.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:45:27 +0000

I think Kay Bailey Hutchison, the US Senator from TX makes more sense. She's pretty conservative, but not rabidly so. She's a moderate on abortion so she would probably appeal to many women voters.

By: Rudi

Rudi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:58:05 +0000

The conservatives could accept a McCain/Whitman ticket.

The conservatives couldn't accept a McCain/Whitman ticket.
Fixed

By: jdledell

jdledell — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:51:57 +0000

As a New Jersey resident who lived thru the Whitman era, I would not call her a fiscal conservative by any stretch of the imagination. Between Florio and his spending and Whitman who continued the spending spree and only balanced the books by issuing $30 billion in long term bonds to meet current operating expenses and budget deficits. Whitman is a true RINO in every sense of the word.

By: cosmoetica

cosmoetica — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:15:18 +0000

Whitman was, with Dem Jim Florio, one of the worst NJ governors of the last 100 years. She'd only hurt.

By: mld7

mld7 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:36:28 +0000

If he really wants to make some heads explode, how about choosing Hillary for VP?

By: pabel

pabel — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:31:39 +0000

Interesting post. I was on a radio show recently with Gov. Whitman, and have met her in person once. As flattered as I think she would be by all this, I don't think she'd consider it, based on her prior remarks.

JC Watts, anyone?

By: Rudi

Rudi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:24:09 +0000

I don't see it happening. Whitman is a real RINO, her record and stands are moderate compared to McCain. The conservatives could accept a McCain/Whitman ticket.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:36:26 +0000

Whitman as the VP nomination would be the same act of desperation that caused Mondale to name Ferraro as his running mate. Why have a candidate that does not even deliver her home state. McCain is going to have problems getting southern conservatives to vote for him. Why give them another reasons to sit home and use a person that does not deliver any more votes. The same goes for Condi Rice, the governor of Alaska, etc.

The problem with the Republicans is that the Bush Administration has destroyed any credibility that Republicans used to have as fiscal conservatives. Unless McCain can find a Republican VP candidate who has at least a decade of fiscal conservatism, he should not bother.