Daily VP Discussion: Mark Sanford

[Frodo]

Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC)

Governor of South Carolina (2003 - Present)
Congressman (1995-2001)

[Keystone Phil]

Another good pick but I think his positive comments about Obama are something we can do without. It would make a great Obama ad.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

This is probably McCain's safest choice.

[YRABNNRM]

Keep Independents, moderates, and conservatives happy (or not pissed off). Works for me! He's my number one pick.

[Kevin]

He is a Southern Conservative although not a religious styled one and he has a solid record on fiscal and economic issues and is also young  He would be both a fairly good and safe pick for McCain, however does he really want to be VP?

[Frodo]

I think Sanford would accept the VP offer if it were presented to him.

Besides, isn't there a two (consecutive) term limit for South Carolina governors?  If he decides not to accept McCain's offer (should he make it) for the VP slot, I suppose Sanford could run a primary campaign against Sen. Jim DeMint if the senator runs for re-election in 2010 before his own (final) term ends in 2011.  Besides that, I don't see any possibility for his political advancement before the 2012 presidential election, and I think he would be much better positioned to win the GOP presidential nomination then if he were the incumbent Vice-President -assuming McCain wins this November. 

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I love our Heavenly governor would be a terrific choice, but I doubt he wants to run for VP. He keeps saying that he wants to retire after his last term as governor.

[Erc]

He's got a few quirks, but otherwise he's a good complement to McCain's strengths.  Good, clean pork-buster.  A Southerner, a governor, certainly religious but not religious enough to scare anybody.

He's been the obvious pick for months.

To our South Carolinian members:  How's the SC economy been doing under his tenure?  Because if it's been performing under par, that's his one potential weak point.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Other than being named one of the five worst governors in the US by the LIBERAL Time magazine, I'm not entirely sure how our economy has done under Mark. I do know I proudly voted for him in the 2006 election. Our state's unemployment rate is 5% which is about the national average.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

My main reason for hating the idea of a Vice President Sanford is that it means at least two years of Governor Bauer.  Because of that, if McCain picks Sanford, I'm voting for Obama.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

My main reason for hating the idea of a Vice President Sanford is that it means at least two years of Governor Bauer.  Because of that, if McCain picks Sanford, I'm voting for Obama.

I wouldn't do that. Chances are Bauer will die in a car accident or OD on cocaine while he flies an airplane and crash and die this time.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

My main reason for hating the idea of a Vice President Sanford is that it means at least two years of Governor Bauer.  Because of that, if McCain picks Sanford, I'm voting for Obama.

I wouldn't do that. Chances are Bauer will die in a car accident or OD on cocaine while he flies an airplane and crash and die this time.

To be fair, I'm talking about Bauer (who've I despised ever since I had the misfortune to have him as a State Senator), not Ravenel, so I doubt he'd be hopped up on cocaine.  Still, you managed to come up with a worse scenario than Governor Andre Bauer: Governor Glenn F. McConnell.  Of course after he drowns while participating in a test dive of a CSS Hunley replica, we'd get Governor Bobby Harrell which wouldn't be too bad.