The Big Ass 2012 Political thread: Part II - Let's Get It Own

[KevinNYC]

Earlier this month Romney revealed his campaign theme. A New American Begins Today


The Obama team has just revealed their theme with this video Forward. It's a pretty well down political ad.

[Norcaliblunt]

http://tarpley.net/five-point-program.pdf

[KevinNYC]

So we have two really big things coming up on the Romney side.

He has to officially clinch the nomination.
Then he has to pick and announce his running mate.

And he needs to do this at least a month before the Republican convention which is August 27 - 30.

Romney needs 300 more delegates to win. Here's the upcoming Primary schedule with the delegates available.

May 8, 2012 132 total delegates
Indiana 46
North Carolina 55
West Virginia 31

May 15, 2012 63 total delegates
Nebraska 35
Oregon 28

May 22, 2012 81 total delegates
Arkansas 36
Kentucky 45

May 29, 2012
Texas 155

June 5, 2012
California 172
Montana 26
New Jersey 50
New Mexico 23
South Dakota 28

So we essentially know the day he will clinch the nomination and it will be June 5th. Most likely he has made his nomination pick by then and announces soon after. He has less than two months after he clinches before the convention starts.

[KevinNYC]

So the question is who is Romney going to pick as his VP?

[Norcaliblunt]

http://tarpley.net/five-point-program.pdf

[Sarcastic]

I think there is a good chance he picks the woman from New Hampshire, Kelly Ayote. No one else wants to be on his ticket.

[Balla_Status]

America is f[COLOR="Black"]u[/COLOR]cked.

[kentatm]

he will probably pick Marco Rubio in an attempt to win the Hispanic vote and seal up Florida.

Whoever wins Florida will likely win the presidency

[rufuspaul]

he will probably pick Marco Rubio in an attempt to win the Hispanic vote and seal up Florida.

Whoever wins Florida will likely win the presidency

It always seems to come down to Florida and Ohio.

[KevinNYC]

Since the Republican party moved to the right in 2010, they have enacted policies that have alienated Hispanics and women.

Obama is just 1-2% points above Romney in National polls, but he leads by 13% among women among single women it's a 26 point lead. My wife doesn't follow politics too closely and when the Republicans came out against birth control, they got her attention. I think her response was something along the lines of "Are they ****ing kidding? What year year is this?"

Among Hispanics, it's even worse, the poll numbers look like an error

Romney desperately needs to improve his numbers with Latinos. Polls show Romney trailing by as much as an unbelievable 50 percentage points behind President Obama with Hispanic voters.

Basically Romney needs a Hispanic woman from a swing state who a Republican and has enough experience so it's not a Palin situation.

A couple of months ago, I would have said, Marco Rubio was a lock for the pick, but now I'm not so sure.

The contenders seem to be

Marco Rubio of Florida
Paul Ryan of Wisconsin
Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire
Nikki Haley of South Carolina
Rob Portman of Ohio whose name keeps coming up more and more.

Then folks like
Chris Christie of New Jersey


Here's a list that includes Jeb Bush(!) in the top tier of candidates. I really don't see how that helps Romney whatsoever.

[Heilige]

KevinNYC, don't mean to derail the thread but in another thread you mentioned how Romney looked good for his age. I was wondering do you know anything about his exercise routine and how he stays in shape?

[QUIZZLE]

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[kentatm]

let the games begin!



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[qrich]

Cynthia McKinney 2012!

[COLOR="White"]No, really.[/COLOR]

[KevinNYC]

KevinNYC, don't mean to derail the thread but in another thread you mentioned how Romney looked good for his age. I was wondering do you know anything about his exercise routine and how he stays in shape?

According to Politico, he jogs 3 miles and pulls the cheese of his pizza.

Also as a Mormon, he's probably never had alcohol or caffeine.