Originally Posted by Posh 08

Only 4 more Jobs Reports before the election. Better have a VP that can talk about the economy and Government waste.

And what credibility does Senator Portman, George W Bush's budget director, have on either the economy or government waste?

Originally Posted by janmcn

And what credibility does Senator Portman, George W Bush's budget director, have on either the economy or government waste?

Portman who?

we have a town full of politicians including Obama that know how to talk about the economy with nothing happening, no initiatives or stands being taken as a result.

How about someone who can commit to doing something and the voters having confidence that they just might be able to do something. It requires a candidate willing to challenge the business as usual.

We have certainly had enough talk for the past 4 years.

btk

Originally Posted by billethkid

we have a town full of politicians including Obama that know how to talk about the economy with nothing happening, no initiatives or stands being taken as a result.

How about someone who can commit to doing something and the voters having confidence that they just might be able to do something. It requires a candidate willing to challenge the business as usual.

We have certainly had enough talk for the past 4 years.

btk

A lot more action.

Originally Posted by Posh 08

Only 4 more Jobs Reports before the election. Better have a VP that can talk about the economy and Government waste.

Or gun rights. Or abortion. Or gay marriage. Or woman's equality. Or health care.

Chris Christie is a big fat bag of wind. Can't believe that Ann Coulter said (I'm paraphrasing) Christie must be our nominee. If Mitt Romney's our nominee, we lose. First time ever, I agreed with Ann Coulter.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I too see Portman as being Mitt Romney's choice. I actually think Sarah Palin helped John McCain get more votes than a more conservative pick would have had. All the attacks by Democrats and the media on Sarah Palin made many of the Tea Partiers vote for her even more quickly.

Since then it seems like Sarah Palin's major concern is with making money rather than with politics.

Portman would probably be safe, but not a game-changer. I strongly disagree that Palin helped Jmac get more votes. The tea partiers would have voted for joe the plumber over Obama, and independents largely were turned off by Palin. As for Christie, he is refreshingly candid, smart, and funny, however he is a loose cannon who could create a fatal, you-tube fiasco any time he is off-message. I like Christie and would prefer having beers with him over any other politician I can think of, but Richie is right, not ready, and I am not sure he can ever change who he is.

Originally Posted by RichieLion

Chris Christie just proved for anyone who had any doubts about him, and count me large in that category, that he's not ready for prime time.

People were thinking about him in the GOP VP slot??

Some people actually wanted him as the Presidential candidate??

I think he just blasted himself into non-consideration.

Gov. Chris Christie -- Fightin' Words On the Jersey Shore [VIDEO] | TMZ.com

richielion, so sorry to read that your knight in shining armor has fallen from his trusty steed! trust me - i will not say 'i told....' didja catch the clip from last weekend in the news conference re the watermain break crisis where he called a reporter an 'idiot' in a lambasting for asking an off-topic question? or didja see the clip from the week before that when he called sen. paul sarlo 'some kind of an s o b' because he held a position that was the polar opposite of one of the gov's positions?

but this, too, shall pass. people have already forgotten his early-on
comment about how sen loretta weinberg should be hit with a bat because she was collecting a public pension and a pay check as an elected state official!

can ya imagine this christie guy being put in charge of foreign relations!?!?!?!?

"can ya imagine this christie guy being put in charge of foreign relations!?!?!?!?"


Yep. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63h_v6uf0Ao]Lyndon Johnson - Daisy - YouTube[/ame]

Originally Posted by Posh 08

"can ya imagine this christie guy being put in charge of foreign relations!?!?!?!?"


Yep. Lyndon Johnson - Daisy - YouTube

Can you imagine this Christie guy being the one with his finger on the button?
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by buggyone

Rubicon, my friend, you are all wrong on this one. The VP candidate is very important. In my opinion, just like millions of others, McCain was the man and the way to go in 2008 and then he picked a complete loser for VP. Palin lost the election for the Republicans.

Put up some reactionary with nothing functioning above the shoulders like she was and kiss the White House goodbye.

I agree, Buggy. It was that choice--that of a 70+ year old man who was a multiple cancer survivor--that cost him my vote.

Originally Posted by njbchbum

richielion, so sorry to read that your knight in shining armor has fallen from his trusty steed! trust me - i will not say 'i told....' didja catch the clip from last weekend in the news conference re the watermain break crisis where he called a reporter an 'idiot' in a lambasting for asking an off-topic question? or didja see the clip from the week before that when he called sen. paul sarlo 'some kind of an s o b' because he held a position that was the polar opposite of one of the gov's positions?

but this, too, shall pass. people have already forgotten his early-on
comment about how sen loretta weinberg should be hit with a bat because she was collecting a public pension and a pay check as an elected state official!

can ya imagine this christie guy being put in charge of foreign relations!?!?!?!?

You're mistaking me for somebody else. I'm OK with Christie taking on the state's teacher's unions and such but I've never been a huge fan of this mainly left of center Republican.

I'm the one who was arguing against him when some of the others on this forum thought he would be a great Presidential nominee and an even better VP pick.