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Junior Chimp
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« on: March 11, 2012, 07:15:15 PM » |
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Romney* needs to pick someone with conservative credentials, and, considering what happened last time, it would help if they've been around more more than two years. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the Tea Party darlings were, by definition, elected two years ago.
Among Governors, this leaves, what, Jindal and Daniels? And they have their own share of problems. (Brewer and Perry are well-known but clearly not ready for the national stage)
There are a few more Senators, but anyone around before 2010 is a "Washington Insider," and I doubt Jim DeMint would take the slot if offered.
*If, somehow, some other candidate wins, it will be at the convention, and they won't be able to do the vetting procedure in the usual way: it may be an open vote at the convention, which would be mostly out of their control; they may have to pick some fellow traveler given time constraints; or they may go the Schweikert route and pick someone beforehand to appeal to convention delegates, rather than the American public.
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