Romney auditions Virginia's McDonnell for veep job
Source: Washington Examiner
Romney auditions Virginia's McDonnell for veep job
bySteve Contorno Examiner Staff Writer
postedMay 2 | 12:31am at12:31am
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gets his turn Wednesday to audition for the coveted position of Mitt Romney's running mate as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee visits Old Dominion to continue his ongoing tryout of possible vice presidential candidates.
McDonnell will appear alongside Romney twice during the former Massachusetts governor's two-day swing through the state -- a fundraiser Wednesday night at the Ritz-Carlton in Arlington and an official campaign stop Thursday afternoon at Crofton Industries in Portsmouth -- just days before President Obama officially launches his campaign in Richmond. Romney is also hosting a Wednesday morning rally at Exhibit Edge in Chantilly without McDonnell.
Romney held similar events with Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, two others in the running for the veep job, fueling speculation that his campaign is vetting and testing possible running mates. McDonnell, a popular governor from a critical battleground state, certainly is in the mix, and he told a radio station last week "if the nominee says, 'You can help my party and the country,' of course I'd consider it."
Many past presidential nominees go through the exercise of publicly auditioning their candidates to see how they respond to the exposure, said Joel Goldstein, a law professor at St. Louis University and author of the book "The Modern American Vice Presidency." That McDonnell is one of the first bodes well for his chances, but Goldstein still labels him an underdog because he is a relatively young and unknown executive.
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Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)McDonnell would do for Romney what Secessionist Sarah did for McCain: run his chances into the ground.
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Would make an excellent VP.
dmr
(28,364 posts)his proper name, doncha think?
Galraedia
(5,030 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)so he had to settle for being the Guv of unneccesary and expensive state madated medical procedures... Aka: Ultrasounds
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)because he likes to play the "good cop/bad cop" game with our attorney general, who truly is insane...
That way, McDonnell can appeal to moderates by looking like the "voice of reason" when things go too far...
Galraedia
(5,030 posts)And McDumbass only backed off because he desperately wants to be vice president.
bluesbassman
(19,385 posts)More like taking one for the team. Where do they get these writers, Hacks 'R Us?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)CTyankee
(63,926 posts)It will be "intrusive ultrasounds" (the media "nice" speech) all the time during the campaign.
Whee! What fun!
Women will be SO PISSED OFF by election day, you won't want to know about it!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I agree with you. Please, please, please pick the probe man! Surely they'll win being on the defensive every step of the way. The man with the dog on the car and the man with the ultrasound probe in hand. What a winning combination.
CTyankee
(63,926 posts)sofa king
(10,857 posts)It pisses me off to see that guy taking credit for Virginia's recovery after he and his party fought the stimulus tooth and nail.
But I'll happily trade that for a lose-lose Republican ticket that's eighteen points underwater with half of the voters before the convention.
Vinca
(50,326 posts)marble falls
(57,479 posts)myrna minx
(22,772 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)Hugin
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