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« on: January 17, 2015, 10:29:46 PM »

If Mitt Romney wins the nomination again, could you see him picking Mike Huckabee as a unity ticket to unite social conservatives and the conservative base in general?
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2015, 10:32:28 PM »

No. They can't stand eachother. Most of the Republican field in 2008 thought Romney was a "jackass" and a "phony".
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2015, 10:37:13 PM »

No. They can't stand eachother. Most of the Republican field in 2008 thought Romney was a "jackass" and a "phony".
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2015, 10:51:00 PM »

I always disliked Romney, but "Do the Right Thing" had horrible thing after horrible thing about Romney that made that dislike irreversible. I would lose any respect I have for Huck.
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2015, 11:14:13 PM »

No.

1. The two are ideologically incompatible. Romney is an Establishment type; Huckabee is a right-wing populist. Ideological similarity matters for much; it makes gaffes less likely.

2. Huckabee doesn't swing any states that can make a difference. Huckabee polls badly outside of states either in the South and states unlikely to ever vote for a Democratic nominee for President.  If Romney thinks that he needs shore up Republican support in the South, then Romney is dead in the water for 2016. The only state in which he could help that is a conceivable swing state is North Carolina... that an absolute must win for the Republican. Although people living within the Blue Firewall (Atlas Red) can vote for Southern moderates they don't go for Southern reactionaries.

3. He has no experience in foreign policy or defense, areas at which Romney is weak.

4. He has no experience in any part of the Federal government -- not a Cabinet post, not the Senate, and not even the House. Contrast Dick Cheney, who at least offered that.

5. He has no military experience. Although Democrats can get away with having nominees with no military service, Republicans can't get away with having both the President and Vice-President lacking military service.

6. He is a right-wing Southern Baptist. He will have trouble in appealing to the values of people of dissimilar religions.  

  
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2015, 01:04:36 AM »

Romney/Cruz, maybe... Romney/Huckabee, just doesn't seem right on any level.
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2015, 09:05:04 PM »

It's possible but unlikely.

Huckabee currently polls poorly, and it'll be a ticket of two white guys in their 60s who have been out of office since 2006.

However, Huckabee does help with groups Romney is weak, such as working class voters.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/08/the_case_of_the_missing_white_voters_116106.html

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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2015, 09:40:38 PM »

There would be horrendous tensions. Probably a disaster.
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2015, 09:53:00 PM »

5. He has no military experience. Although Democrats can get away with having nominees with no military service, Republicans can't get away with having both the President and Vice-President lacking military service.

Romney/Ryan? They didn't lose because of a lack of military experience.
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2015, 09:54:06 PM »

I don't think so.
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« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2015, 10:00:25 PM »

Is this 2008?
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« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2015, 10:04:10 PM »

5. He has no military experience. Although Democrats can get away with having nominees with no military service, Republicans can't get away with having both the President and Vice-President lacking military service.

Romney/Ryan? They didn't lose because of a lack of military experience.

True. But either of them being a military hero would have helped.

It's possible but unlikely.

Huckabee currently polls poorly, and it'll be a ticket of two white guys in their 60s who have been out of office since 2006.

However, Huckabee does help with groups Romney is weak, such as working class voters.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/11/08/the_case_of_the_missing_white_voters_116106.html



If there is any sign of any split between the Corporate Right and the Religious Right they could be on the ballot together. But such would indicate a huge problem in the GOP in which preserving a coalition means more than winning the 2016 election.

I do not see that happening.  
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« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2015, 10:30:39 PM »

I just threw up in my mouth a little.
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« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2015, 10:32:20 PM »

I just threw up in my mouth a little.
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« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2015, 06:50:10 PM »

What exactly is being unified here? Romney is socially conservative enough that he doesn't need to pick a religious right figure to solidify that, otherwise he would have picked Santorum as a unity VP in 2012.
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« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2015, 11:22:08 PM »


That's what really matters.
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« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2015, 11:42:37 PM »

I mean, let's be honest. If, by some stretch of fate, Romney became a two-term president, he could plausibly come out in favour of gay marriage sometime during his second term. Maybe I'm being optimistic, but it would do a lot to push the GOP in the right direction, especially if he was popular. I can see it happening.

I know that's not something he's thinking about now, but having a loon like Huckabee on the ticket would kind of remove that opportunity for him. Having a real social conservative on a winning ticket would be so bad for the party. Romney won't go overboard.
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« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2015, 11:58:43 PM »

What exactly is being unified here? Romney is socially conservative enough that he doesn't need to pick a religious right figure to solidify that, otherwise he would have picked Santorum as a unity VP in 2012.
You could argue that his loss in 2012 showed that he failed to impress the religious right.
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« Reply #18 on: January 21, 2015, 03:46:14 PM »

No.
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