• GOP Split on Vice President Choice
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[IMG]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/04/18/t1larg.rice.santorum.rubio.christie.april18.jpg[/IMG] [B]Washington (CNN)[/B] - Who should Mitt Romney choose as his running mate? According to a new national poll, there's no consensus among Republicans. But a CNN/ORC International survey released Wednesday does indicate there's an ideological split that could put pressure on Romney, the all but certain GOP presidential nominee, as he tries to make his decision. [URL="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/04/18/rel4g.pdf"]Full results (PDF)[/URL] The poll asked Republicans and independents who lean towards the GOP to choose from eight names who could be among the two dozen or so potential running mates that the Romney campaign may be considering as the vice presidential nominee. According to the survey, Condoleezza Rice is on top of the list. Twenty-six percent questioned said they would like to see Rice, who served as national security adviser and later as secretary of state under President George W. Bush, as the Republican vice presidential nominee. In second place in the survey, at 21%, was Rick Santorum, who was Romney's chief rival for the nomination until early last week, when the former senator from Pennsylvania suspended his campaign for the White House. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were each at 14%, with House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin at 8%, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal at 5%, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell at 1% and Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio at less than one half of one percent. "Name recognition is the key," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Rice and Santorum are best known and they top the overall wish list." But split out self-described supporters of the tea party movement and a different picture emerges. The poll indicates that Rubio, at 22%, and Christie, at 18%, top the list of tea party supporters, with Rice and Santorum dropping into a tie for third place. According to the survey, among Republicans who say they aren't supporters of the tea party, 36% say Rice is their choice to be Romney's running mate, with one in four saying they'd like Santorum as the GOP vice presidential nominee. Christie barely cracks double digits and Rubio is in single digits among non tea party supporters. Why don't Rubio and Christie do better among non tea party supporters? "Once again, it's all a matter of name recognition," says Holland. "Two-thirds of tea party Republicans are familiar with Rubio and virtually all of them have a favorable view of him; six in ten Republicans who do not support the tea party have little or no idea who Rubio is. Christie's numbers among tea party supporters are even higher - three-quarters of them have a favorable view of the New Jersey governor and only one in five are unfamiliar with him; nearly six in ten Republicans who don't support the tea party don't have an opinion of Christie." The poll indicates that the other names on the list, such as Jindal, McDonnell, and Portman, are unknown quantities to tea party supporters and other Republicans alike. It goes without saying, however, that the presidential nominee is unlikely to put his running-mate choice to a vote, so Romney's opinion is probably the only one that will count in the end. The CNN poll was conducted by ORC International from April 13-15, with 473 Republicans and independents who lean towards the GOP questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. [URL="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/18/cnn-poll-republicans-divided-on-vp-choice/"]Source.[/URL]
Whoever wins in anything concerning the Republicans, you're all fucked anyway.
Condoleezza Rice next to Rick Santorum - what a contrast. A black moderate sane woman next to a white conservative insane man.
The Republican Party should be disbanded for being an uncontrollably growing cyst of idiocy that threatens liberty, peace and prosperity. Everyone who votes republican come this election is a complete dumbass, sorry no exceptions. I post for all humaintyy
[QUOTE=mac338;35632887]Condoleezza Rice next to Rick Santorum - what a contrast. A black moderate sane woman next to a white conservative insane man.[/QUOTE] Could make a decent sitcom
[QUOTE=Isuzu;35633139]The Republican Party should be disbanded for being an uncontrollably growing cyst of idiocy that threatens liberty, peace and prosperity. Everyone who votes republican come this election is a complete dumbass, sorry no exceptions. I post for all humaintyy[/QUOTE] Didn't some british government guy once call Republicans "a bunch of nutters" and the largest threat to the economy?
[QUOTE=Isuzu;35633139]The Republican Party should be disbanded for being an uncontrollably growing cyst of idiocy that threatens liberty, peace and prosperity. Everyone who votes republican come this election is a complete dumbass, sorry no exceptions. I post for all humaintyy[/QUOTE] Let's deport them
maybe a better idea would be to actually let them win. the country wouldnt live much longer after that [editline]19th April 2012[/editline] one less worry
Condoleezza Rice sounds like (is) the best choice out of them. [editline]19th April 2012[/editline] Although its not hard to be the best when you're running against the likes of Santorum and Christie.
[QUOTE=Conscript;35633245]Let's deport them[/QUOTE] Plane tickets to la-la-land are a bit pricey at the moment.
Condoleezza Rice is the best choice.
Gonna have to go with Condi, first black woman as vice president, take that Obama!
Whoever wins - we loose
[QUOTE=Isuzu;35633139]The Republican Party should be disbanded for being an uncontrollably growing cyst of idiocy that threatens liberty, peace and prosperity. Everyone who votes republican come this election is a complete dumbass, sorry no exceptions. I post for all humaintyy[/QUOTE] But then we have a bunch of people screaming about how "it's a one party system now that's how COMMUNISM works".
[quote]Why don't Rubio and Christie do better among non tea party supporters?[/quote] Maybe because most people are decent human beings who can tell that those politicians are literally bought and used as puppets? Why else did the Republicans try pushing Christie so much before the primaries started?
[QUOTE=Isuzu;35633258]maybe a better idea would be to actually let them win. the country wouldnt live much longer after that [editline]19th April 2012[/editline] one less worry[/QUOTE] Really, now Elaborate, do tell I can't wait to see what this worry would be, after you type it in IE6.
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[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;35633215]Didn't some british government guy once call Republicans "a bunch of nutters" and the largest threat to the economy?[/QUOTE] When we got our AAA rating lowered the reason cited was specifically the Republican's sabotaging of our own political process and economy...
[QUOTE=markfu;35633272]Condoleezza Rice sounds like (is) the best choice out of them. [editline]19th April 2012[/editline] Although its not hard to be the best when you're running against the likes of Santorum and Christie.[/QUOTE] I think Christie is a pretty good choice. /New Jersey pride. He is actually doing a good job (even if he pissed of the teachers union)
Oh my god PLEASE chose Santorum I want another 7 months of comedy.
[QUOTE=Isuzu;35633139]The Republican Party should be disbanded for being an uncontrollably growing cyst of idiocy that threatens liberty, peace and prosperity. Everyone who votes republican come this election is a complete dumbass, sorry no exceptions. I post for all humaintyy[/QUOTE] "Everyone who disagrees with me is wrong and not as smart as I am. No exceptions!" Yeah sorry but you have the logic of a 12 year old
If you think about it, Romney should pick Rick Santorum for his VP. Romney is more moderate than any other Republican candidate, and he needs someone to appeal to the hardcore conservatives.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;35633215]Didn't some british government guy once call Republicans "a bunch of nutters" and the largest threat to the economy?[/QUOTE] Right-wing nutters actually [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7O_mcIEnts[/media] I believe this was during the budget crisis when America was days away from defaulting and effectively ending the world economy because of the Republicans
Romney is in the same dilemma that McCain was in 08. To go with a food analogy Romney is like white bread. The way I see it he has 3 main VP options: 1. He could go with white bread on white bread. IE someone like Rob Portman, who won't really energize the base but won't hurt Romney with independents and won't outshine him. 2. He could go with spicy mustard on white bread. IE someone like Rick Santorum, who will energize the base but at the same time could overshadow him and scare away independents like Palin did. 3. He could go with mystery meat on white bread. IE someone like Condoleezza Rice, who could really leave the door open as to how the base and independents would react.
[QUOTE=Isuzu;35633139]The Republican Party should be disbanded for being an uncontrollably growing cyst of idiocy that threatens liberty, peace and prosperity. Everyone who votes republican come this election is a complete dumbass, sorry no exceptions. I post for all humaintyy[/QUOTE] This is a pretty ignorant thing to say. Seems like something a conservative would say. Are you not telling us something here? [quote=Isuza] The[b] Democratic[/b] Party should be disbanded for being an uncontrollably growing cyst of idiocy that threatens liberty, peace and prosperity. Everyone who votes [b]Democrat[/b] come this election is a complete dumbass, sorry no exceptions.[/quote] See how two simple changes can make you sound like the opposite side? Not only are you generalizing a group of people based on the insanity of a few, but you are speaking complete lies as well. A vast majority of republicans are also moderate libertarians as well. Voting in favour for less government intervention in their lives and country. If you meant to say, "Crazy ass Conservatives". I would agree with you. Extremists on anything tend to be a bit ignorant to issues other than their own beliefs.
[QUOTE=King Tiger;35635325]Oh my god PLEASE chose Santorum I want another 7 months of comedy.[/QUOTE] Herman Cain please! :v:
[QUOTE=Fariun;35634995]I think Christie is a pretty good choice. /New Jersey pride. He is actually doing a good job (even if he pissed of the teachers union)[/QUOTE] I'm from New Jersey. All I have to say is [B]what[/B]
Ron Paul isnt even on the fucking list. Lol
[QUOTE=Zenreon117;35642319]Ron Paul isnt even on the fucking list. Lol[/QUOTE] i hope he gets it and goes Romney Conservative just to see how Great Leader's supporters react to the change
Jesus the GOP splits over everything. [editline]19th April 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Isuzu;35633139]The Republican Party should be disbanded for being an uncontrollably growing cyst of idiocy that threatens liberty, peace and prosperity. Everyone who votes republican come this election is a complete dumbass, sorry no exceptions. I post for all humaintyy[/QUOTE] some people have different beliefs omg!!!!!
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