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**Not Sure** · (This post was last modified: 07-13-2012 04:31 PM by Not Sure.)

Chaos Pimp Wrote:

The "veepstakes" speculation is in full swing:

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey is signaling that if called, he will serve.

Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin has his fan club.

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman let slip to ABC News that he's being intensely vetted.

With Virginia in play, popular Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is being mentioned.

Ann Romney's seemingly offhand comment that a pro-life woman was under consideration to be Mitt Romney's running mate pulled in names like New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (who, as an Indian-American and a woman, counts as a two-fer in diversity points), and even former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who lost the race for governor of California in 2010.

But if you ask me, the best choice for Romney's vice president is former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

What does Romney want in a vice president?

The first rule in picking a vice presidential candidate is: Do no harm.

Romney ideally would pick someone whom voters will trust to be president if he (or she) must assume the office. (Although, for someone with Romney's relative youth and vigor, that's less important than it was for, say, John McCain.)

Romney needs someone who is an experienced campaigner, who won't make mistakes that hurt the campaign. The presidential campaign in the fall is not a good time or place to road test a candidate.

Running mates don't usually help you win an election, but they can help you lose one.

Romney needs to avoid McCain's mistake of picking a running mate who is more interesting and attracts more attention that he does.

Huckabee fits the bill perfectly. He not a guy to scare anyone, he's run the presidential gauntlet and been fully vetted, and while a pleasant and interesting man, he is a familiar enough figure on the national scene not to outshine Mitt Romney with novelty.

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**AC488** I got no balls User ID: 488 07-13-2012 04:30 PM

Yup, thanks to Huckabee, all the poor people that used to live in trailer homes are now living in jail or in the woods hiding from the police. It's become a crime to be poor. Thanks to Huckabee, we pay an extra $20 on every carton of cigarettes. Sure, let's get that bastard in the white house.

**The Lucky AC** Everything in life is luck User ID: 888 08-11-2012 05:53 PM

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 112013 08-11-2012 07:13 PM

You were DAMN right.
Huckabee would have been the perfect choice.
Effective communicator
Empathic, caring figure.
Competent
BIG POSITIVE NAME RECOGNITION

But the mittser decided to pander to the far right wing of the party.
Paul Ryan had the guts to brooch the subject of Medicare/Medicaid bankruptcy ....
But he does not have the long-time gravitas that Huckster has.
I think Huck would have given Mitt what he needs in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Ohio......
TOO DAMN BAD MITT, Dumbass

GUESS HE'S IS PROVING THAT HE IS NOT CAPABLE OF BEING PRESIDENT BY HIS CHOISE FOR VEEEEEP. Jhikpghf