Romney/paul?

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Is Mitt gonna buy Ron Paul for VP?

There's talk the GOP wants more candidates to enter the race.

 

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Paul wouldn't entertain that offering...

...for just one of many reasons: it'd seriously blemish his legacy to his son, who will run for the Office of President of the United States of America in 2016.

 

[renard_ruse]

Romney has been expressing interest in Condoleezza Rice, but she's denying any interest in the position. I think that would go a long way to clinching it for Romney, as the Dems couldn't use the "they "hate" "everybody"" crap. Plus she's pleasant to look at, fully vetted, acceptable to conservatives, and able to handle herself on the national and world stage.

I'm afraid she won't take the offer though, so its back to square one. Romney needs to go diverse and probably woman too, but you can't pull a Palin off some city council somewhere or you'll get the same nightmare we had in 2008 with the media demonization, so its going to be really tough.

 

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Vetting SC Gov Nikki Haley as Romney's running mate

by Anthony Martin, April 6, 2012

A link posted by the Drudge Report today indicates that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has reportedly placed South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on his short list of potential running mates, should he win the GOP nomination to face Barack Obama in November.

Haley's presence on the short list is significant. Politicos refer to the "short list" as the top two or three persons who are the most preferred out of a much longer list of potential running mates.

But who is Nikki Haley?

As a South Carolina native, this reporter has amassed information first hand on the rise of Nikki Haley to national prominence.

In 2010 Haley surprised everyone, including the pundits, by beating out three veteran politicians for the Republican nomination for the Governor of South Carolina, including a sitting U.S. Congressman, the sitting Lieutenant Governor, and the popular sitting Attorney General of the State, Henry McMaster. She went on to beat a well known Democrat in the general gubernatorial election.

Her victory was seen as a breakthrough into the so called "good old boys" network. For the first time Republicans in South Carolina had chosen not only a female but a female with an ethnic and religious heritage that placed her well outside the norm for a conservative southern state.

Haley's parents are natives of India and are members of the Sikh religion. But as a native born American, reared in Bamberg, South Carolina, Haley later decided to become part of the Christian faith. She and her husband and two children are members of a Methodist Church.

The Governor is known for her strong conservative stance on fiscal, immigration, and election issues. She supports balanced budgets and fiscal restraint, although she, like her predecessor, finds it difficult in getting some of her initiatives passed through a state legislature that often exhibits the wild overspending for which Democrats are known, in spite of the fact that there are strong Republican majorities in both chambers of the state assembly.

In 2011 Haley pushed for and got an anti illegal immigration law, which she signed in June of last year. She also supports the concept of Voter I.D. laws.

Throughout her tenure as a state legislator she became known for her pro life position on abortion, her desire to lower the tax burden on residents, and her creative proposals to reduce the costs and wastes associated with education while at the same time implementing quality controls. She has continued with this philosophy as Governor although, again, she has run into roadblocks set by the state legislature.

As an attractive woman with an engaging, friendly personality, Haley has been the subject of allegations leveled against her regarding her personal life. During the campaign of 2010, she faced charges of several affairs. When questioned by the local media concerning the allegations, Haley refused to answer. It was later discovered that the two men who made the allegations had connections with the campaign of one of her opponents for the Republican nomination for Governor. The controversy did not appear to have a negative impact on her campaign.

After being elected as Governor she also faced allegations of wrongdoing, which reportedly prompted an IRS investigation. That investigation revealed no violations of the law, although it was widely reported in the mainstream media that Haley was on the brink of being indicted. That report was shown to be false.

Haley drew national attention in 2010 when she openly and personally challenged Barack Obama face to face on the new healthcare law, demanding that the President show a willingness to grant waivers to the states that did not wish to participate. She stated that the plan would eventually place the state in dire financial straits once the bill fully takes effect in a few years.

Democrats blasted the Governor over her stance, claiming that she wished to harm the poor. Haley countered that within a few years the state would be forced cut benefits to those who cannot afford health insurance, which will do more harm to them in the long run--a consequence the states face as a result of the ObamaCare law.

Haley further took the lead in opposing Obama's lawsuit against Boeing for opening a new facility in South Carolina--a 'right to work' state. Haley and the state fought the National Labor Relations Board on the issue, and won.

Although Haley has denied interest in becoming Romney's running mate, she curiously traveled to New York to appear on Fox News and other networks at the same time the Romney campaign announced she was on the infamous short list. She was also one of the very first southern governors to endorse Romney.

http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/vetting-sc-gov-nikki-haley-as-romney-s-running-mate