Posted by
Steve on Monday, April 07, 2008 5:49:32 PM
Right now, the McCain team is floating Vice-President trial balloons to see if any get shot down or if anyone salutes. So far, they have floated Mitt Romney and Condoleezza Rice. Both have generated a lot of positive comments and a few negative comments.
Romney’s negative comments have come from the followers of Mike Huckabee. They feel that Mike Huckabee should be the Vice-Presidential nominee, even though Huckabee has said that he does not want the position. They, of course for Huckabee supporters, attacked Romney for his religion or religious positions. They, of course, deny that they are attacking Romney on his religion or his religious positions, yet their questions about Romney always do attack his church. They appear to me to be religious bigots that cannot get over their religious bigotry long enough to examine how closely aligned the evangelicals and Mormons are on political positions. They can only see the differences in that their God does not talk to them and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has a Prophet that talks to God regularly.
Secretary Rice has been mentioned over the weekend as wanting the position of Vice-President. I have been a long time Condi Rice supporter for Vice-President. I do have issues with her. She is not as pro-life as I feel she should be. She is softer on Muslim terrorists than I feel we should be. Those are two things that John McCain is strong on. Supporting John McCain and those positions for 4 years will prepare her for the realities of being President. She does pose a dilemma for the Democrat party. She is black and female. In that, she trumps both of the Democrat potential nominees. No matter which one runs, she has the other trump card to play. Democrats have demonized her for years and her ability to attract black votes is questionable, particularly if Obama is the nominee. If Mrs. Clinton is the nominee she would have a greater chance to pull in the black votes.
The Democrats floated the name of John Kerry as the Vice-Presidential nominee. That would be great. He is such a loser that having him to shoot at would be like shooting fish in a barrel. Either Romney or Rice would tie Kerry into such knots that he would be unable to extract himself for a long time. The people of Massachusetts might actually get a chance to see what a dunce they have elected to the Senate.
Secretary Rice would be particularly daunting to debate. In the farce reports before Congress, she is unflappable. She gives better than she gets. Part of that is her amazing intelligence. She worked her way up from poverty to the peak of power by her own ability. She speaks four languages. She is a concert pianist. She taught at Stanford University. These accomplishments are from a girl that went to the same church that was bombed to kill those girls so long ago. That was another time and seems like another place. She is perched on the pinnacle of power and looks like she will take a step up. That makes me feel good. Her story is such an inspiration to those that are poor. She did it on her own ability. They can do it on their own ability. How far they go is entirely up to them, not the government. That is why Democrats hate her. She shows blacks that they do not have to rely on the government to get ahead. It would be great to have her story told over and over to blacks who are looking for a handout. They might get the message. She will not move many blacks into the Republican ranks, but she will move some. Any will be a help.
There will probably be other Vice-President balloons floated before McCain settles on one. I think that he floated the best two first. Any of the others will be a big step down from either Romney or Rice.