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The same group vetted all the potential candidates. Steve Schmidt vetted Romney, Brownback, Crist and Powell as well as Romney and Palin. Imagine how Mitt felt, being passed over in favor of Sarah Palin.
Schmidt's now claiming it wasn't him who saw Romney's books but a different staffer. Though he says it's Mitt's wealth that's behind them passing on him. How he knew about Romney's wealth without going through his taxes, well that's a mystery for the ages I guess.
Schmidt's now claiming it wasn't him who saw Romney's books but a different staffer. Though he says it's Mitt's wealth that's behind them passing on him. How he knew about Romney's wealth without going through his taxes, well that's a mystery for the ages I guess.
That could well be true. The vetting was done by a small group of McCain's advisors, and McCain had dallied for so long in choosing anyone that the vetting process was very hurried. Some of the choices, like Powell, were eliminated quickly, and others didn't want the job.
I don't remember anything written about Mitt that said he really wanted to be McCain's VP. Once he learned he was being vetted, I think he turned them down. Romney and McCain did not like each other at all, both personally and politically. I certain that Mitt realized McCain was losing very early on, and by then, had his sights set on 2012. For sure, the most bitterness during the debates came from McCain and Romney. They attacked each other much more than directing attacks to all the others.
McCain and all his advisors were desperately seeking a game changer who would put some spark into the campaign. Sarah Palin simply blew all the others away back then, and she was a different person in the earlier days of the campaign. Schmidt acknowledged openly that their only goal was to win the election, and was the one who recommended Palin the strongest of the group. I don't think Romney was ever considered seriously at all.
I also think Schmidt had an amount of self-serving when he made his statements on regretting Palin's choice. For a professional political advisor like him, an open admission made him appear as a honest advisor. Big league politics is all about honest assessments on how a candidate is doing, and if Schmidt had tried to blame others for Palin, or defended his choice totally, he would never get another job as an advisor again.
Perhaps McCain saw a man who as a member of a somewhat peculiar religious group and as a wealthy investor, would inevitably induce a horrendous cacaphony from the ******* moonbat hordes. McCain did not want to put the country thru such a spectacle. Thus he went with Sarah Palin, lol.
Then the conservadummies unleashed a cacophony on the black man.
McCain hated Romney's guts and needed a conservative. A lot of the extreme right hates Romney as much as McCain. Still I think picking Palin was a stupid idea and Romney would've been a better pick.
McCain hated Romney's guts and needed a conservative. A lot of the extreme right hates Romney as much as McCain. Still I think picking Palin was a stupid idea and Romney would've been a better pick.
McCain said today, Romney's returns were clean as a whistle.
Romney’s other advantages, according to people involved in McCain’s screening process:
— He is squeaky-clean and fully vetted by the national media.
But there’s one big problem: Despite the buddy-picture choreography of a McCain-Romney campaign swing, McCain remains less than enamored with Romney.
McCain sources also say he’ll pick his vice presidential candidate based more on ability to govern than ability to help in the election. Source
And so here we are... Fully vetted, squeaky clean, snubbed Romney.
What did McCain see during vetting that made him pass over Romney for Palin?
i think the VP choice, especially in 2008 had more to do with McCains campaign team than with McCain's choice. They didn't do a particularly good job, finding Palin, it was a gamble, it didn't work, she has made out like crazy and I don't think this has much to do with Romney period. Actually everyone thought, up until a few hours before the announcement Pawlenty was the choice. What happened in 2008 and what we have today are not the same thing. People are makng way too much out of this...
McCain: Palin Was "Better Candidate" Than Romney Source
McCain was asked to explain why he took a pass on the more-polished Romney—and in his response he appeared to indirectly ding both Romney and one of the men rumored to be on his current vice presidential short-list, saying that neither were better suited for the job at the time than the then-Alaska governor.
"Oh come on, because we thought that Sarah Palin was the better candidate," he said. "Why did we not take [Tim] Pawlenty, why did we not take any of the other 10 other people. Why didn’t I? Because we had a better candidate, the same way with all the others. ... Come on, why? That’s a stupid question."
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hmm...
