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Romney touted as VP choice

Just watch... McCain will tap Florida governor Crist as he will deliver Florida in the election. It's more about the votes than the dollars.

It really doesn't matter whether McDuff picks Romney or not, they will lose unless---I have wondered for some time now why Hilary keeps staying in this race. I think I have possibly arrived at the reason--and remember you heard it here 1st. It will not be a surprise to me that when all is said and done and she is defeated in the Demo race that she will declare as an independent. That would raise all kinds of hell with the upcoming general election, especially if she picks a popular running mate. Just mull over the percentage breakdowns for each candidate then. This looks very possible to me, why else would she continue to spent her own enormous amounts of money? This would make this whole election process topsy turfy big time. Don't be shocked if this scenario comes to pass. I hope not but go figure.

Now we're talking! A Romney-McCain ticket would definitely strengthen the diversity of the GOP and allow McCain to raise enough funds to battle Obama in the November Election. I don't think there's anybody else out there besides Romney who could help the Republican party land a more thorough, and decisive victory in the fall, especially when Obama starts plunking the tune of our failing economy as reason for party change. Our need for a competent, financial leader to act as an adviser to McCain is strong, not to mention the fact that Romney is guided by a clear moral compass to strengthen America's families. Support Mitt Romney as VP to President McCain!

Governor Huntsman? He is got Foreign Affairs experience and he's been there supporting McCain from the embryonic stages of his campaign...

Are you joking? No one will pick Romney as a VP. Utah will vote for the GOP candidate even if it was my cat. MA will never go to the GOP. So what good does it do to have Mitt on the ticket? Lastly, his Mormon faith makes those right wingers scared.
Mitt is a wealthy businessman who has no concept of what it is like to be a working person living paycheck to paycheck. You just get another guy who wants to help big business and look what that has done for America -Big Business runs this country. Corporate America owns this country. McCain and Mitt, no thanks.

If mcCain picks Romney, then McCain will not get elected.

Romney as McBush's running mate?
Why not?
With all of the positive news lately about Mormons, renegade Mormons, child-abusing Mormons, and racist
Mormons, I'm sure America at large would view him as a viable candidate.

Prediction: Democrats by a landslide.

to Dr JAY--
Crist is certainly a contender, but Florida isn't the only key state. Romney would bring Massachusetts and Michigan. McCain badly needs to shore up conservative confidence in his candidacy--Romney has far stronger conservative credentials than Crist (if you doubt, go back and watch the video chronicling conservative reaction to his "suspending the campaign" speech at CPAC).

No one mentions this, but he also brings strong international relations experience from his Olympics days where he dealt with the Olympics committees of more than 200 nations, resolving many sticky (read political) issues. He headed the efforts to receive leaders of those nations and met with many personally. Neither McCain, Hillary or Obama can claim anything that compares, let alone other veep choices.

His command of practical economics is unimpeachable, something our nation is in dire need of, but an admitter McCain deficiency. Another problem with Crist (and most other choices)--everyday voters outside of Florida have never heard of the guy.

So, I would agree, choosing Romney because of his fund-raising prowess would be pointless--he's going to do that anyway. But there's a whole host of better reasons that put him head and shoulders above the other options.

It's doubtful that McCain will pick Romney. It's rumored that the two don't get along. Plus, Mitt destroyed his credibility with his swing to the left in Mass. and recently his veering to the right, to pick up right wing nut votes, in the primaries. Romney's vacillating has been a real shame since his fiscal abilities are greatly admired by social liberal, fiscal conservatives, like me.

Romney for fundraiser 2008 and Romney for President 2012! Hurray for Romney!

Corporate American pays your paycheck to paycheck whether you like to admit it or not...don't be a blue collar, union loving, cry baby.

McCain has only one shot at the big prize. He needs big bucks to get it. NO ONE has done more to help McCain than Romney. Not even huckabee.

Romney is the ONLY logical choice.

Do it John! Hit that iceberg square on!

Former Republican congressman Bob Barr of Georgia was nominated as the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate and may take votes away from John McCain.

And then there's Barack Obama. That guy's taking a huge chunk of the vote away from McCain.

Romney would be a great candidate if Huckabee and his minions hadn't smeared him in the primary campaign. As it stands now, Romney could help McCain only in the West, where his help isn't really needed.

Again, Romney is the best-qualified person in the Republican party to be president, let alone vice-president, but the bigots have had their way.

It's kind of cute that Mitt Romney thinks that people in America are still paying attention to what he says.

McCain will not pick Romney because Romney will overshadow him. McCain will win in November without Romney because the Democrats are too fractures and because Obama continues to show that he is a light-weight - in both domestic issues (he rarely votes on legislation) and foreign policy (he is naive when it comes to dealing with terrorist states).

the gop will only stand a chance if mccain picks romney. ma loves romney. whoever said huntsman for the ticket is ridiculous, that is exactly what he has wanted the whole time. he doesn't have the credentials to be governor let alone vp ticket.

to Independent Voter -

Not to rain too much on your parade, but most US Mormons ARE right-wingers. It's the extreme right-wing evangelical Christians who believe the LDS church is not Christian who are really scared by Romney. That's kind of sad, too, because there's very little politically that separates the two groups.

McCain has enough baggage without putting Romney on the ticket. Use Romney's fundraising prowess by making him chairman of the RNC. He could use that post to put himself in the public spotlight much more than he could as VP, which doubtless would make him very happy indeed.