Editor’s note: The buzz that Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will be Mitt Romney’s running mate continues. It’s big news down here, but the latest report comes from the New York Daily News. I’m still skeptical, but it’s a good read.
“With the Republican presidential nomination nearly in his grasp, Mitt Romney’s No. 1 job may now be to find his No. 2,” according to the New York Daily News this morning.
“As the former Massachusetts governor begins to pivot toward a general election showdown with President Obama, his team has quietly begun considering potential vice-presidential candidates.
“The first rule of a vice president is, ‘Do no harm,’ said Tobe Berkovitz, professor at Boston University. ‘Make a solid, sensible choice — we’ve seen so many longball, quirky picks turn out to be irrelevant or do damage.’
“Choosing a running mate often involves a delicate balancing act between demographics and geography. The candidate will frequently pick a campaign partner who could deliver a swing state or appeal to a voting bloc that otherwise might be lost.
“For Romney, one name seems like a strong bet to do both — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
‘Rubio checks almost all the boxes,’ said Berkovitz. ‘He’s Hispanic-American, a popular politician from a major battleground state, and is charismatic.’”
The rest of the article is here (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/election-2012/florida-sen-marco-rubio-fit-mitt-romney-vice-presidential-nominee-article-1.1058369#ixzz1rY3G4cK7)
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Not gonna happen. Rubio is a Catholic today after conversion from his early life religion: MORMAN.
NOT IN THIS USA, I betcha.
I think the short version of all this is that Marco Rubio is still being pushed onto Mitt because (1) Florida is one of the epicenters of conservative bat**** crazy right now, but since the probably-an-actual-crook governor there still has his hands a little too full it’s probably better to nominate someone from there who’s equally as crazy but probably not quite so likely to end up in prison, and (2) Marco Rubio is quite literally the most ethnic person the Republican Party can stand right now, so that right there puts him on the short list for any and every job opening the party might be having.
Romney needs to pick a hard core conservative to override his perceived liberal past and his Mormonism. I find the Romney religious issue fascinating due to the fact that the republican party exploits peoples patriotism by using the US Constitution. Once shielded by the waving flag and patriotic rhetoric of upholding the constitution the republican party shreds the ideals of both.
Article VI of the US Constitution
excerpt
“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution;
but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.”
All I have to say is they need to vett, vett, vett……Rubio has some truly difficult issues and statements to overcome.
The only person I see that would bring something to Mr. Romney’s ticket is Fred Rogers (of “Mr. Rogers” fame), but he unfortunately passed a couple years back….
How come they can’t even find a running mate for him that’s not a walking, talking disaster?
Maybe on Truthout, ot Buzz, or the Washington Post–somewhere–today I read the Florida republican is in full swing, disnfranchising over 100,000 minority voters already, and that’s only one state. Todays GOP is just another word for Tammeny Hall,