I read that Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor may be considered for McCain’s VP slot @ http://www.redstate.com/diaries/redstate/2008/aug/02/mcain-campaign-requests-personal-documents/.
Here’s my submitted response:
I completely understand why the campaigns want to keep silent about the VP process, but I can’t help but gobble up any info because it’s so important who the VP is.
That’s because McCain, who has poked conservatives in the eye so much we wince at the mention of his name, has, nonetheless, managed to secure the GOP nomination. As such, who the VP is will tell us whether to rally behind McCain enthusiastically (go door to door, phone, give money), start taking a harder look at Bob Barr (yikes!) or just sit this election out.
All is well if McCain nominates a good conservative. For me, Mitt Romney is far and away the best choice for VP because, frankly, he would have made a better President than McCain. So, having him on the ticket makes a lot of sense if McCain is looking at who’s ready from day one to lead our country, if needed.
If he wants to pick the best General Election VP, the answer is Romney again. While we can guess that Mr. Cantor may help with VA and FL and the Jewish vote, we know for a fact that Mitt will help with IA, NV, MI, MN, ME, UT & CO – states Romney won handily in the GOP primary. Many of these states Bush won by less than 5% in 2004 so having Romney help with these particular states sets him apart from Cantor, Pawlenty, Palin, Crist or Portman. They each add one or two key states – Romney adds 7 to 9 key states.
Net, net – Romney on the ticket may add 47 to 61 electors.
Bush beat Kerry by only 34 electors. In addition, while Cantor may have helped McCain raise 10 million, Romney raised $100 million during the primary and can probably go back to those folks for even more in the general. As an added bonus, Romney is worth about $500 million – having a deep pocket on the ticket may prove useful if Obama’s friends (moveon.org, George Soros) try to stack the deck.
So, I still like Romney for VP and would encourage Mr. Cantor to continue his valuable work in the U.S. House – the McCain-Romney administration will need his help next January
Mitt with wife Ann and a granddaughter
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Mike Willette& Paulee // August 4, 2008 at 6:17 am
Ditto,Ditto, Ditto, we love Mitt and Ann. We know he’s the best one for any job, esp. President. We’ll settle for V.P. though. They broke the mold on this man! We are so fortunate to have such a qualified family for our time of crisis!!!!!!!! We lost him once, let’s not do that again! Shame on us, if we don’t pick Mitt, the whole country looses. We are in CRISIS! It’s the economy! Mitt’s the only one that hit the nail on the head! He is a proven WINNER!