"Intrade, which correctly picked the winner of every state in the 2004 general election, evaluates the veepstakes chances of 30 prominent political figures..."
According to Intrade, it's all Governors for the VP spot. Former Gov. of Massachusetts Mitt Romney takes the lead with 19.2%, followed by former Gov. of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty with 15.6% and lastly Former Gov. of Arkansas Mike Huckabee with 14.1%
With all the campaigning that Romney has been doing on behalf of John McCain, many people are left wondering who he was truely campaigning for...McCain or himself. Romney attended McCains Memorial Day BBQ Bash. Although, Huckabee did receive an invite he declined the invitation. Two other individuals who attended the BBQ who raised VEEP Speculating Eyebrows were Charlie Crist and Bobby Jindal...Governors of Florida and Louisiana (respectively).
McCain is seen as too moderate for the majority of conservatives and religious conservatives across the nation. This is more than likely a repercussion of the McCain campaign trying to distance themselves, somewhat, from the Bush Administration in attempts to appeal to moderates making it easier to beat Obama in November...
With less than three months until the Republican National Convention, there is plenty of time to see how things may change / develop.
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I just can't see Romney as VP, especially if this is a one-term Presidency from the outset. I don't the idea of Romney being "one heartbeat away from the Presidency"...and there's the whole "Mormon-as-President issue" which he tap-danced around unsuccessfully during the Primaries.
My money's on Gov. Pawlenty.
I must admit, I was a fan of Romney from the get-go...along with other RUF writers as well. I can see him as the VP...I would like to see him as the VP in an attempt to validate McCains Presidency somehow... McCain needs someone like Romney with economic experience...a business background to help us in Washington.
And as for the whole Mormon issue...I really don't see it as one...when you look back towards the Republican primaries...Romney was one of the only candidates who has ever had one wife! I'd rather have Romney in the Oval Office, knowing his level of faith, than Obama who is quite frankly, morally bankrupt.
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