Mitt Romney: McCain's "Wingman Extraordinaire"

New York Times:

It was not so long ago that the idea that Senator John McCain would even entertain tapping Mitt Romney, his bitterest primary rival, as his running mate would have seemed preposterous, rating at least 7.0 on the strange-bedfellows scale.

The McCain-Romney feud was the juiciest of the Republican primary season, featuring two men who generally just did not seem to like each other. Mr. Romney said Mr. McCain would set a "liberal Democrat course as president." He said that one of Mr. McCain's proudest accomplishments, his campaign finance bill, took "a whack at the First Amendment," and told voters grappling with money woes that Mr. McCain "has said time and again that he doesn't understand the economy." Mr. McCain, for his part, witheringly cast Mr. Romney as a flip-flopper.

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Comments

[Egalitare]

My gut feeling is that Romney will not be picked as the VP, but will continue to maintain a relatively high profile during the rest of the campaign. Afterward, he will make a great show of relocating to Michigan and seek the GOP nomination for Governor in 2010.

[desertdweller]

Hey GOopers - Remember the Texas FLDS polygamist scandal? if Romney is McCain's running mate, we will be reminding you night and day....

[loax]

Loser Extrodaniare is close to the fact. Mitt Romeny has now sold his soul to the Devil himeself, just to get a crack at the Oval Office!

[BADEN]

Uh..."Wingman"...that's COORS, old man....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UEVa2swtC10

"10-4 and out....."

[dentuso]

....and how comfy do you suppose Mittens is being the wingman of a guy who's crashed five planes?

[dentuso]

Great. Guy Smiley is now sitting with one of the old guys in the private box at the Muppet Show.

O's going to EAT Mac & Cheese.

[joeyp404]

Mitt takes bake Utah, Nevada and throws in an upset in Massachusettes. Remember how well the Kerry / Kennedy endorsements did in Mass? Who won that primary?

[WatchIt]

Remember. Who ever is the V'P pick is the REAL Pr'ez selection. Papa Smurf introduced M'tzi for his re'ligion s'peech. (Gosh why do we have to type with those ' all the time?)

[gevan]

In McCain's latest ad there is a slide depicting Obama with the title "Against Troop Funding" that appears to carry the name of "H.R.2204" and a vote taken "May 14, 2007". As H.R.2204 is about teacher recruitment and the Senate did not take any votes on May 14, 2007 ( http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_110_1.htm ), I assume that the McCainians are up to the old Republican trick of lying lying lying (even though in this case you don't see their lips actually move).

[bryansmith]

Perfect, with their combined policy switches they could open a "Waffle House."

[NickNas]

It has to be tough to run 2nd to a guy who has 1/30th of your IQ.

Mitt must need that job BAD to get his 45 Million back.

[LiberTLover]

Not so tough when they have the mental capacity ot McStoneAge and it becomes apparent very quickly that he needs to be replaced. Mitt is just biding his time.....

[MissKaren]

At least Romney doesn't make people nauseous the way Lieberman does.

[VOTER]

WRONG!

[DaOne]

Romney always gets touted for his economic record.

Take a look at the Globe's assessment of his time.

Real world experience has shown that a governor is limited in his power to influence the course of economic development in a state. A full-time governor who is deeply committed to the economic well-being of a state's workers can, however, make some difference. The state unfortunately did not receive such leadership over most of the past four years. Jokes about Massachusetts may receive some half-hearted laughter on the national campaign trail, but few working men and women in Massachusetts should see anything funny about the state's lackluster economic performance during the Romney years.

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/07/29/romneys_economic_record/

[VOTER]

I visit there several times each year.

"Mitt" is a 4 letter curse word there.

[walkthewalk]

Two superwealthy white men who will charge Obama with being an elitist. What do either of them know about the daily problems that real people experience?

[BatMasterson2]

Mitt Romney + American Standard = good Ohio jobs down the toilet.

[Totto]

Of, by, and for the rich.
Charles Krauthammer for VP.
(Now that's scary.)