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Old 06-25-2012, 11:24 PM
 
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I agree with the idea of Romney assembling an all-star cabinet that would campaign with him. I've often wondered why candidates don't attempt to do anything like that. If I were Romney I would start endorsing these people for cabinet positions:

VP: Marco Rubio
State: John Huntsman
Treasury: Paul Ryan
Defense: David Patreus
Attorney General: Rudy Guiliani
Interior: Sara Palin
Agriculture: Rick Perry
Commerce: Rob Portman
Labor: Chris Christie
HHS: Bobby Jindal
HUD: Fred Thompson
Transportation: Rick Santorum
Energy: Newt Gingrich
Education: Mike Huckabee
Veterans Affairs: John McCain
Homeland Security: Bob McDonnell

It would get people a lot more excited about a Romney presidency if he surrounded himself with the biggest names in the GOP, and it would make for an interesting election if he had all of those people traveling around the country and campaigning for him. It would also help with many of the swing states like Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Ohio.

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Old 06-25-2012, 11:43 PM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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A buddy sent this and it makes perfect sense

If the Republican party and the Romney camp had the guts to pull this off, I believe the American voter, who is currently so disenfranchised, would rise to the occasion to support a team such as this. I certainly know I would!

This is brilliant - so how do we get this idea to the Convention and Romney camp?

It’s going to be an ugly campaign. We all know it and we’re ready for it but it’s going to the ugliest and nastiest and dirtiest campaign in history.
Regardless of whom the GOP nominee turns out to be, why NOT take the early lead?
If the GOP Nominee takes this advice, it will send a clear message to the Republican establishment that conservatives aren’t going to do business as usual any more. It would shake the establishment and pull together conservative voters.
Even if the establishment candidate, Romney, becomes the nominee and adopts this measure, HE would pull together the conservative vote.
Here is a little something else this would do…It would shake the Obama campaign to its core.
As soon as the 1,144 delegates are in hand, WHOEVER garners them either at the convention or before…put this into motion.
Rather than a leisurely march toward a VP nominee or a surprise VP announcement like we got in 2008, vet the possible VPs NOW and stand ready to announce the running mate in a nationally televised press conference the day after the delegates are in hand.


Make the VP choice…Allen West .
Having Congressman West in the VP slot makes him a TRIPLE THREAT and a VP who WILL redefine the role. Triple threat? As the Vice President, he would attend to the regular duties and be a heartbeat away from the presidency. A Vice President West would also act as a second Secretary of State in difficult diplomatic negotiations. AND…A Vice President West would work in concert with the Secretary of Defense to realign our military and redefine its role. Triple threat.




Oh but this is just the START of the strategy!!!


As soon as the nominee has introduced West as the running mate…THE NOMINEE WOULD THEN INTRODUCE HIS SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINEE… John Bolton. As a former Ambassador to the United Nations, there is nobody with a better handle on the world’s issues or more familiar with the players. John Bolton is tough, straight forward and not likely to appease ANYONE.
Now, you have the nominee on stage, the VP choice and the Secretary of State nominee…Let’s not stop there.
Next to walk onto the stage…




Sarah Palin…Nominee for Secretary of Energy .
Palin’s directive…Set us on the path toward energy independent in 10 years. Can you think of a better choice? Anyone more invested in that goal? Anyone who is more knowledgeable or adept?
I don’t.
Can you feel the ground starting to shake?



Next out of the wings and onto the stage…
The nominee for Secretary of Defense. Enter…General David Petraeus.
As great as he was fighting a PC war…Imagine what he’ll be like once he and West have pressed the reset button on our rules of engagement. In Petraeus we will have a Secretary of Defense whose mission will be to win. PERIOD.
Oh…I’m not done yet…..
Next up…The nominee for Attorney General…Pam Bondi.
Bondi is a no nonsense fighter who has taken on the current administration over Obamacare and WILL clean out the corruption rampant in that office today.
Okay, where are we? Who is now standing on the stage? The nominee…Allen West…John Bolton…Sarah Palin…General Petreaus and Pam Bondi.
How about a Secretary of the Treasury? We would need someone who has worked for YEARS in the tax field who understands the overwhelming burden of tax codes and who has, for years fought to restructure those codes.
Welcome Michele Bachmann to the stage…The nominee for Secretary of the Treasury .
By now, fissures should be opening in the ground, rumbling coming from the sky and the faint odor of brimstone should be in the air.
We will need someone new… someone with new ideas to head up the Fed.
Please welcome Ron Paul. Yes, I realize this, under Paul, will be a temporary position; but somehow, I doubt Ron Paul wants to make a career of running the Fed.
Secretary of the Interior? Governor Bobby Jindal… COME ON DOWN!!!!!




And finally…We need someone to head up the Department of Homeland Security . We must have someone who understands the issues we face. Someone who has worked in federal law enforcement. Someone who won’t take any crap from anybody.
Please…a round of applause for… Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Feel free to substitute names…add your own choices, but these are mine. The picks are only a part of the whole picture however. The impact is as important as the names.

Were the GOP nominee to do this…call a press conference and make such an announcement…It would be unprecedented. Never before has a presidential nominee entered the full on campaign with a fully assembled team.
Can you even IMAGINE the shock-and-awe wave which would be sent through the Obama campaign were the GOP nominee to do this?


Think about it. From the word GO it would be unlike any previous presidential campaign. Instead of simply nominee X against Obama, we would have Nominee X vs Obama…Congressman Allen West vs Joe Biden…John Bolton vs Hillary Clinton…Sarah Palin vs Stephen Chu…General Petreaus vs Leon Panetta…Pam Bondi vs Eric Holder…Michele Bachmann vs Tim Geitner…Ron Paul vs Ben Bernake…Bobby Jindal vs Ken Salazar and Sheriff Joe Arpaio vs Janet Napolitano.

Think about that…Let that sink in…All campaigning at once. There would be no way out for Obama as each and every key player on his team would be exposed and held to account from the word GO. It would be a full on frontal assault, and Obama would have no place to hide.

By adopting this proposal, Obama would be forced into a pot of boiling water or into the fire. If he tried to rid himself of baggage he would be exposed of running from his own record and that of the very people he’s been standing behind for political expediency. If he stays with them, he would be forced to defend them. Boiling water or a raging fire…his choice.
It’s bold, brash and completely against the establishment business as usual strategy.


It’s earth shaking.
An entire assembled team of key cabinet positions… Each one a pitbull on a T-Bone …hammering their liberal counterparts on every issue, every day, from the word GO until November 6th, 2012.

We will have to play the cards we’re dealt with the GOP nominee, but tell me THIS strategy wouldn’t go a LONG way toward bringing the conservative voters together. Tell me this strategy wouldn’t pull in and appeal to independents.
As voters, using THIS strategy, we would be voting for the whole team rather than just the standard, business-as-usual Presidential two-person ticket.

This is something to ponder about, wonder if Romeny thinks like this. Can someone relay this message to him?

I like the idea, of an A star Team, rather then just the two-person ticket. I mean look at what we are stuck with now, this administration really needs to go on vacation!
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Old 06-25-2012, 11:51 PM
 
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I will take a shot at it, and say that the VP choice will be from the midwest.

I know Rubios name has come to the forefront, but the GOP has the south pretty well locked down----Rubio might be helpful in Florida.

A lot of the swing states are in the midwest----Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and even Illinois.

I think a good young midwest choice would be Paul Ryan------young and energetic, articulate, and offers a lot of alternatives to our problems. I havent heard Ryans name yet, but it would not shock me at all.
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Old 06-25-2012, 11:57 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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He's desperate for the Mexican vote. He'll probably pick Rubio. Maybe Rand Paul.
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Old 06-26-2012, 07:15 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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Meanwhile there is fresh speculation that Obama will dump Biden and go with Hillary.
NY Post Columnist: Hillary Clinton Already Transitioning Into Vice Presidency | Mediaite

It would vouchsafe the female vote and probably magically persuade some that Hillary could conjure up the good economic times of the 90's under Bill Clinton. But I suspect that Hillary reallly is ready to retire.
I think that is just one man's opinion. I don't buy it for 1 second and if Obama was to do this, I think it would backfire big time. He is already doing everything he can to attract more voters. It appears he is getting deaparate, this would be just one more disparate move, so late in the game. We also need to take a look at Clinton, she looks tired and ready to hang up the political career not to mention she has said over and over: no more politics for me.
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Old 06-26-2012, 07:19 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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He's desperate for the Mexican vote. He'll probably pick Rubio. Maybe Rand Paul.
are you kidding? Rand Paul, no way....I really don't think it is going to be Rubio either, but we will know soon I bet..As for choosing his entire cabinet , that is interesting but I am not sure this would work. My husband loves the idea. At least we would have a chance to see who he has in mind ahead of time, not like Obama....
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Old 06-26-2012, 07:20 AM
 
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He's desperate for the Mexican vote. He'll probably pick Rubio. Maybe Rand Paul.
Rubio isnt Mexican, he's Cuban, but I agree, it'll be Rubio, and I say that because he's being pumped by the media already.
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Old 06-26-2012, 08:39 AM
 
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VP: Marco Rubio
State: John Huntsman
Treasury: Paul Ryan
Defense: David Patreus
Attorney General: Rudy Guiliani
Interior: Sara Palin
Agriculture: Rick Perry
Commerce: Rob Portman
Labor: Chris Christie
HHS: Bobby Jindal
HUD: Fred Thompson
Transportation: Rick Santorum
Energy: Newt Gingrich
Education: Mike Huckabee
Veterans Affairs: John McCain
Homeland Security: Bob McDonnell
There is only one person on that list that I agree with: John Huntsman for Sec'y of State. The rest...
you are kidding, right?
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Old 06-26-2012, 09:33 AM
 
Location: New Mexico
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Lightbulb Any idea of Romney VP for 2012?

Here's your ticket.

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Old 06-26-2012, 09:34 AM
 
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There is only one person on that list that I agree with: John Huntsman for Sec'y of State. The rest...
you are kidding, right?
If you have a better list then please share.
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