But are they k-i-s-s-i-n-g? Only the McCainBot 2008 knows for sure. Look as Mitt gives the droid-in-need-of oil money a loving gaze after a bruising primary hatefest, as the flip-flopping, former homo-friendly Massachusetts governor stumped for McCain in Utah. The MSM is buzzing about Mitt as a potential VP running mate. Bring it on, John.
Romney joined McCain at a fundraiser in Salt Lake City yesterday and is set to accompany him to another fundraiser in Denver this evening. It is familiar territory for Romney, whose family has roots in Utah and who lived there for several years. Romney raised $6.3 million in Utah, more than from his home state of Massachusetts and second only to his haul from California, during his bid for the GOP nomination.After the jump, you have to see what Senator Lindsey Graham said about McCain and Holy Joe.McCain, by contrast, has raised only about $200,000 from the state. As a result, a vast population of Republican donors in the state is nowhere near to tapping out its allowed $4,600 maximum donation to McCain. The pair’s spin through the Mountain West is notable given the palpable disdain that existed between them during the primary.
Lindsey Graham calls Holy Joe and McCain ’something special’
As he figuratively humped John McCain’s leg during an interview, barely closeted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) also called Joe Lieberman (I-DINO-CT) “a national treasure.” (Think Progress):
Hat tip to Dr. Zaius, who made a little summer fun activity page with Lindsey and Joe.
GRAHAM: Senator Lieberman, I think, is a national treasure, because no matter how you feel about his politics, he was willing to risk everything, politically, for a cause he believed in. But to see the interaction between these two guys and world leaders was something special. […]I think John McCain will be a reassuring presence to the world. … It really was a smile on people’s faces, knowing that if this guy got to be president, I think we could do business with him. … I think he’s a reassuring presence. Doesn’t mean that they prefer John over Obama or Senator Clinton, but there’s a level of comfort there. […]
Also: catch MadKane’s Ode To John “Maverick” McCain.
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I don’t get it. Is Mitt angling for the number 2 spot on a losing ticket, thinking that will give him a shot in 2012? Odd way to position himself.
At least it’s not Condi…
Nah, Mittens figures the old coot will forget his Metamucil one day and croak on the crapper. What a headline that would be:
“Romney to Lead after McCain Bottoms Out”
Romney is there for 2 reasons: 1) McCain needs the money and 2) McCain needs the effect that lovable Romney will have to the glassy eyed masses that follow Romney as if he was the second coming.
Well and 3) Romney really wants to be president…
Mittens! You naughty kitten! Get off my internet!
Leiberman is not a DINO! Please, give the primary voters of CT some credit. He’s CfL - Connecticut for Leiberman (notably, not Leiberman for Connecticut) and caucuses with the Dems. It’s not the same thing. People didn’t constantly refer to Jim Jeffords as a Democrat once he switched his party affiliation to Independent and began to caucus with the Dems. The voters of CT deserve the same degree of accuracy as the voters of VT.
Cool, so he’ll extend the courtesy of the “national treasure” title to all manner of liberal too.
I have to say I really don’t get this.
Isn’t the usual idea in choice of running mate that you choose someone who can act as a good counterpoint to your specific cocktail of political liabilities, who also either represents a different region or is from a state with a lot of electoral votes?
Because for Romney does none of that for McCain. Both are on the moderate/liberal end of Republicanism, both have similar potential problems, both are from the west, neither plays well with the Religious Right (though McCain is trying). Romney doesn’t have pull in any electorally big states or swing states. Aside from Romney being significantly younger than McCain, I don’t really see why he’s the obvious choice.
Though it does continue the Bush Administration idea that the V.P. is secretly the real president, and the actual president is just a sock puppet figurehead installed to talk pretty and appeal to focus groups. That’s what’s really worrisome to me.
norbizness, I wish I had thought of that- then I could have some pie!
“Both are on the moderate/liberal end of Republicanism…”
Huh? That certainly doesn’t describe McCain…
I’m honestly not aware of any Republican politician (above the local level at least) who could be reasonably described as “moderate” anymore. I think the long knives have taken care of them all…
It would have been nice if Hillary had acted a lot more like Romney when both realized they could not win the nomination.
Mitt: drops out early, endorses McCain early, and now is helping him raise money.
Hillary: will never drop out, might endorse Obama, but might not, and is causing him to spend tens of millions to win a nomination he can’t really lose.
Which one of these is really mind boggling, Pammy?
The operative part of that phrase being “of Republicanism”.
Both Romney and McCain might as well be card-carrying Communists as far as the real wingnuts are concerned. McCain has put in a little face time with the Religious Right and the ultra-nuts over the past year or so since he started gearing up for another presidential run, but before that he was moderate enough that I know Democrats who would have considered voting for him back in 2000.
In fact I still know Democrats who are unaware of his flip-flopping ways and are still considering voting for him if their candidate of choice doesn’t win the Dem nomination.
Alls I’m really saying, though, is that you’d think McCain would pick someone with real wingnut cred.
I’d be very surprised if the campaign stumping promoted Mittens to the VP nod. Wouldn’t McCrazy need a hardcore protestant with big business cred?
I think the bigger question is who would Obama pick? The only downside to Hillary not likely getting the presidential nomination is that my presumption Wes Clark would be her VP nominee now won’t be tested.
Oh please please don’t anyone here buy into that rethug talking-point. It’s a ploy that has worked wonderfully for them in the past: repeat a lie often enough, and make sure many different wingnuts all know to repeat the same lie, soon you have the MSM repeating the lie, and soon enough it transforms into believed “fact” in the public’s minds. It’s an ingenious ploy to get the independents and moderates to vote for mccain even though he is not really moderate in any way. And it’s working!
…the effect that lovable Romney will have to the glassy eyed masses that follow Romney as if he was the second coming.
Um, Pinky, what masses are you referring to? The Romney I know was about as loveable as a corporate exec’s power tie. AFAIK, that’s the major reason he bombed: People finally saw through him as a cold-hearted jerk who would lay off his grandmother if it added ten dollars to the bottom line.
To answer both points at once I have to agree but also disagree. Yes Romney doesn’t have the ‘wingnut cred’ but he’s a whole heck of a lot more liked than McCain from what I can see.
Yes, Romney is as compassionate as a stump but looking at Bush he’s a step up, not down…
Now granted I live in Michigan and the DeVos wing of the republican party (uh, nearly the whole damn party) loves the stuffings out of Romney because both families are headed by corporate hacks who would screw their own families to get a few millions. It ought to be scary but the liberal media has done a great job of framing and spinning…
“Yes, Romney is as compassionate as a stump but looking at Bush he’s a step up, not down…”
Wouldn’t that statement be true for an incredibly large percentage of humanity?…
So, I take it that Condi has said she’s not interested?
I was hoping for great fun watching the GOP do some fantastic contortions to justify her presence on the ticket while denying the Democratic candidates identities had anything to do with it. Much less the formal tying of McOld to the previous disaster-in-chief.
Without Condi, Tailhook John’s campaign is going to be an absolute snoozer as he picks another semi-wealthy white guy who won’t make the Boss look bad. I hear Quayle is kinda bored . .
That look on Mitt’s face: apparently, while the rest of the party is looking for the next Ronald Reagan, Mittl is practicing being the next Nancy.