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DRUDGE EXCLUSIVE: ROMNEY NARROWS VP CHOICES; CONDI EMERGES AS FRONTRUNNER

Late Thursday evening, Mitt Romney's presidential campaign launched a new fundraising drive, 'Meet The VP' -- just as Romney himself has narrowed the field of candidates to a handful, sources reveal.

And a surprise name is now near the top of the list: Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice!

The timing of the announcement is now set for 'coming weeks'. Is he really going to put someone who is pro-choice on the tix or is this just to change the subject?
I say change the subject unless he wants to deliberately lose the election

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DRUDGE EXCLUSIVE: ROMNEY NARROWS VP CHOICES; CONDI EMERGES AS FRONTRUNNER



Is he really going to put someone who is pro-choice on the tix or is this just to change the subject?
I say change the subject unless he wants to deliberately lose the election

Having someone who is joined at the hip with President Bush would be nice and Ms Rice also seems a bit thin skinned in open forums when asked about those years. Pop some corn and grab a chair.

[Escamsrasiush]

I actually like Condi but was of the impression she didn't wnat to be considered, no way, no how, very happy playing piano and teaching at Stanford thank you very much.

[slarceSelia]

I actually like Condi but was of the impression she didn't wnat to be considered, no way, no how, very happy playing piano and teaching at Stanford thank you very much.

Hope he loses but this would seal the deal

[bxxasxxa]

Having someone who is joined at the hip with President Bush would be nice and Ms Rice also seems a bit thin skinned in open forums when asked about those years. Pop some corn and grab a chair.

I agree being from the Bush administration is the problem, not the pro-choice. She would be an awful choice for VP. Obama can then successfully link Romney to a Bush administration.

Romney needs to pick a VP that is a point to the future, not a link to the past.

[Tribas4u]

I agree being from the Bush administration is the problem, not the pro-choice. She would be an awful choice for VP. Obama can then successfully link Romney to a Bush administration.

Romney needs to pick a VP that is a point to the future, not a link to the past.

I agree with everything u said except "not the pro choice". It would kill him with the social cons who already are very suspect of him. This is a strategic distraction and it isn't going to be Condi

[bingookenoo]

I agree with everything u said except "not the pro choice". It would kill him with the social cons who already are very suspect of him. This is a strategic distraction and it isn't going to be Condi

They have nowhere else to go.

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I really don't want to be the person that does this but she is . . . ahem . . . a confirmed bachlorette, which has long fed rumors that there was a reason for that, which undoubtedly would surface again and again drive social conservatives batty. For whatever reason she has decided to keep her personal life, well personal, for all these years (and there are many besides the obvious), I suspect she will likely want to continue to keep those personal details personal - which ain't going to happen if she's on the ticket.

Again, I don't think this happens because she turns it down.

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DRUDGE EXCLUSIVE: ROMNEY NARROWS VP CHOICES; CONDI EMERGES AS FRONTRUNNER



Is he really going to put someone who is pro-choice on the tix or is this just to change the subject?
I say change the subject unless he wants to deliberately lose the election

She would be a terrible choice, but for sources to "reveal" that she's being supposedly considered is excellent PR for the campaign. They've been pulling this sh¡t since 1964, at least.

They have nowhere else to go.

Exactly, go "nowhere": they can stay home on election day.

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Off topic (but not really) I heard a story recently about some Palestinean politicos "demanding" that Yasser Arafat be disenterred to supposedly expose that the reason of his death is somewhat murky since they were sure it "had" to be an Israeli assisnation attempt. Rather than illness partially related to a viral infection well known to affect many men of Arafat's generation who prefered the company of other men, as was often rumored about Arafat. Its amazing how people who are idealogues will not just ignore stuff like this but then go on to concoct unlikely grand constructions (that are unlikely for entirely other reasons) to sort of bolster their denial of the other story. In this story Drudge sort of reminds of those Palestinean politicos.

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The basics: Abortion is a veepstakes deal-breaker - PostPartisan - The Washington Post

Thomas Frank used to complain about how ridiculous it was that abortion had become the defining issue of the Democrats, but he was writing in 2004. Since then, we've seen the election of more than one anti-abortion Democratic senator, and an anti-abortion-ish majority leader; the Democrats won their House majority in 2006 with the help of a handful of southern religious conservatives. (They did not lose their seats when the GOP took control in 2010.) In that same time, pro-choice Republicans have effectively gone extinct.

The issue has shown far more tenacity than I think anyone would have foreseen 20, or even 40 years ago.

[TeftyJokip]

Exactly, go "nowhere": they can stay home on election day.

Eh. I don't think it would be that big of a hit since they dislike Obama more than a pro-choice VP.

It would likely more impact fundraising.

Regardless, as I said, her biggest disqualification is being from the Bush Administration.

[inofindy]

I really don't want to be the person that does this but she is . . . ahem . . . a confirmed bachlorette, which has long fed rumors that there was a reason for that, which undoubtedly would surface again and again drive social conservatives batty. For whatever reason she has decided to keep her personal life, well personal, for all these years (and there are many besides the obvious), I suspect she will likely want to continue to keep those personal details personal - which ain't going to happen if she's on the ticket.

Again, I don't think this happens because she turns it down.

Why are you so insulted by a smart, accomplished, lesbian woman?

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Eh. I don't think it would be that big of a hit since they dislike Obama more than a pro-choice VP.

It would likely more impact fundraising.

Regardless, as I said, her biggest disqualification is being from the Bush Administration.

There wouldn't be an organized effort to boycott the polls, but religious groups would certainly be more half-assed about their GOTV efforts (as they were in 2008 as opposed to 2004).

But yes: having been such an important, and dutiful, employee of Bush the Younger is alone sufficient for disqualification. That and being pro-choice both are.

[corkBrobe]

Anyone who puts more stock in the sexual preference of a candidate over their position on important matters really should not be allowed to vote. I'll take that one step further and say that anyone who makes a candidate's abortion views as their #1 dealbreaker is not serious enough about the real issues in today's world.

I say this as a registered Republican who will hold my nose and vote for Romney regardless of his Veep choice. I didn't love Bush either, but he was better than the alternatives presented. I'm really getting tired of the "lesser of two evils" approach...

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Why are you so insulted by a smart, accomplished, lesbian woman?

I'm not. I always thought she was the smartest, most convincing of the Bush insiders.

Its not liberals who would freak out if she were actually to be nominated veep. Neither, I suspect, are liberal professors she works with at Stanford her primary incentive for keeping her private life so guardedly private.

[Jjfotqse]

No way Condi gets the VP nod. And yes, a large part of that is the fact that she is pro-choice.

I give you the definitive list of past GOP VP picks who have been pro-choice:

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http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com...12/07/16/43833

Condoleezza Rice says "no way" to VP for Romney - CBS News

She has been pretty adamant that she has zero interest in the position.

"Pressed on whether she would turn it down if asked, she said, "I'm saying there is no way that I will do this, because it's really not me. I know my strengths, and governor Romney needs to find someone who wants to run with him.""

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"Hey, but if you need a snow-balls-chance-in-hell distraction from the fact you filed fraudulent SEC filings for 3 years, I'm your gal."

[chinesemedicine]

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com...12/07/16/43833

"Must find credible candidate who makes even me seem animated and charismatic when standing next to me on a platform.

Darn, thats a pretty short list. Get me Pawlenty on the phone."