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August 28, 2008 4:44 PM

Romney Is Top V.P. Choice Of GOP Delegates

By
Brian Montopoli
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VP Sweepstakes
With John McCain on the verge of selecting his running mate, Republican delegates have selected former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney as their top choice for the Republican vice presidential slot.

Romney was chosen by 38 percent of delegates in a new CBS News/New York Times poll, far ahead of the second place finisher, former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who was selected by 7 percent of delegates attending the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.

Tom Ridge, the former Pennsylvania governor, and Tim Pawlenty, the Minnesota governor, were each selected by 4 percent of delegates surveyed. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin were each selected by 2 percent.

Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, who has consistently campaigned with McCain and is a good friend of the Arizona senator, was selected by just 1 percent of Republican delegates.

Twenty-nine percent of those surveyed said they did not know or declined to answer.

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by syropsponge August 29, 2008 2:19 AM EDT
The trouble with socialism is that it sounds like a good idea. We are mostly caring people, so when socialists say "We will care for everyone, everyone will have health care, everyone will be educated, no-one will be poor" It sounds very nice, and people with good hearts want those things. The only problem is to acheive those things you have to remove the style of freedom to choose ones own path and to reach ones own dreams upon which this country was built, and which makes this country the best place to live in the world (I am from the UK, and that''s my point of view).
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by syropsponge August 29, 2008 1:54 AM EDT
Fair enough, my apologies. So I am now confused, what position are you taking here?
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by kimley-2009 August 29, 2008 1:42 AM EDT
Romney seems to be the most qualified of anyone that ran for president this year. He is brilliant in every area of his life. I am afraid that McCain has too much pride to select Romney - McCain''s body language shrinks whenever he stands next to Romney. I do not want great changes in our country. My life is fantastic. I just want some "tweaking" of things. I''d like to corruption taken out of the government - limit Senators and Congressmen to two terms only. Barack and his wife want to rule the country with their socialistic programs. Socialism is the next thing to communism. We need to be afraid of Obama!!
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by syropsponge August 29, 2008 1:42 AM EDT
Um, don''t demoncrats want more government programs, more social policies including health care, more welfare, more tax to pay for it all? Have I missed something?
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by syropsponge August 29, 2008 12:56 AM EDT
How is turning the olympics around, or turning a failing business around evidence that Romney will take us down the same path? If you are suggesting that the current path is failing do you not want a proven turn around specialist? Or do you think that socialism and national health systems are a proven way to a better life??? I am from the UK and have lived in France and other European places. You must be completely crazy if you think a socialist agenda is a better path. Have you tried paying French taxes or French unemployment? Or have you tried the lower taxation national health service in the UK?
I apologize and ask forgiveness if you meant that you want a different kind of Republican, but if you meant you think a change to the left is better, have you experienced where that goes?
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by syropsponge August 29, 2008 12:36 AM EDT
Democrats are scared of Romney, which is why they are trying their best to rip into him to make sure he is not chosen as VP. This is because the economy is going to be the central focus of the election, and security will be second. Mccain will win on security, and Romney is the only viable expert on the economy and everyone knows this. Tactics like trying to claim that he laid off tons of people and ran away with huge profits are so deceptive it makes me laugh, and I hope that noone is buying that stupid claim. Of course some people were laid off so that the companies could become viable and then provide jobs as they expanded. If the whole company went bust because people were not laid off, do you think that would be a good thing - you idiots? Also, what are you going to try and say about the olympics? That was turned around in ALL aspects and you can not contest it. He is exceptionaly intelligent, a great leader, works with all sides to get the best out of a situation, and can learn by experience and even mistakes (which every human makes). He also has the best proven family values of any candidate out there. Some say that they don''t want a successful corporate business man leading them, well would you prefer a laborer who has no degree and has no clue about managing the largest corporation in the world (The USA)? Which is by the way in huge debt and needs recovering in many many ways.
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by syropsponge August 29, 2008 12:34 AM EDT
Democrats are scared of Romney, which is why they are trying their best to rip into him to make sure he is not chosen as VP. This is because the economy is going to be the central focus of the election, and security will be second. Mccain will win on security, and Romney is the only viable expert on the economy and everyone knows this. Tactics like trying to claim that he laid off tons of people and ran away with huge profits are so deceptive it makes me laugh, and I hope that noone is buying that stupid claim. Of course some people were laid off so that the companies could become viable and then provide jobs as they expanded. If the whole company went bust because people were not laid off, do you think that would be a good thing - you idiots? Also, what are you going to try and say about the olympics? That was turned around in ALL aspects and you can not contest it. He is exceptionaly intelligent, a great leader, works with all sides to get the best out of a situation, and can learn by experience and even mistakes (which every human makes). He also has the best proven family values of any candidate out there. Some say that they don''t want a successful corporate business man leading them, well would you prefer a laborer who has no degree and has no clue about managing the largest corporation in the world (The USA)? Which is by the way in huge debt and needs recovering in many many ways.
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by syropsponge August 29, 2008 12:33 AM EDT
Democrats are scared of Romney, which is why they are trying their best to rip into him to make sure he is not chosen as VP. This is because the economy is going to be the central focus of the election, and security will be second. Mccain will win on security, and Romney is the only viable expert on the economy and everyone knows this. Tactics like trying to claim that he laid off tons of people and ran away with huge profits are so deceptive it makes me laugh, and I hope that noone is buying that stupid claim. Of course some people were laid off so that the companies could become viable and then provide jobs as they expanded. If the whole company went bust because people were not laid off, do you think that would be a good thing - you idiots? Also, what are you going to try and say about the olympics? That was turned around in ALL aspects and you can not contest it. He is exceptionaly intelligent, a great leader, works with all sides to get the best out of a situation, and can learn by experience and even mistakes (which every human makes). He also has the best proven family values of any candidate out there. Some say that they don''t want a successful corporate business man leading them, well would you prefer a laborer who has no degree and has no clue about managing the largest corporation in the world (The USA)? Which is by the way in huge debt and needs recovering in many many ways.
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by bpai99 August 28, 2008 10:28 PM EDT
I contributed money to McCain''s Presidential campaign in 2000 and have admired him for years. Since then, I''ve seen him embrace people (Bush, Falwell, Romney, etc.) that he formerly despised, adopt gutter tactics (as practiced by Karl Rove, Bud Day, Rick Davis, etc.) that he once denounced, and reverse positions that he once espoused (on abortion exceptions, immigration, etc.), all in the name of winning.

It seems clear now that a McCain Administration will be Bush Term III, which is not something that makes me enthusiastic about supporting him this time around. I miss the old McCain and now am not sure which is the real one. Was he pretending before, or is he now?

Setting that aside, I still can''t get over the acknowledged fact that he called his wife a trollop and a "c--t" in front of reporters and aides, which I only learned of recently. I have trouble voting for someone who publicly humiliates his wife (or any woman) in that way.
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by mrsp6 August 28, 2008 10:16 PM EDT
If McCain picks Romney as his running mate, I will still support him for president, but I will be deeply disappointed with him. Why? Because as republicans, we expect a VP whose conservative credentials are undoubted and undeniable.

Governor Romney used to be classified as a definite RINO. Now he tries to make himself look like a second Reagan. If this change is genuine, I couldn''t be happier. But I need time and evidence to show me he''s not faking it.

Here is an old campaign ad from when Romney ran for office in Massachusetts:

http://njmccain.blogspot.com/2007/10/romney-im-not-trying-to-return-to.html

Learn about Romney from Massachusetts conservatives:

http://massresistance.org/docs/marriage/romney/record/

Here are a few examples of the liberal positions Romney has held in the past:

Supported abortion

Supported ENDA

Opposed a marriage amendment

Supported the Brady Bill

Supported a federal assaults weapon ban
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