Do you think Romney needs a Southern running mate?

[Donerail]

1.  Of all religious groups in America, Evangelicals are the least bigoted.

2.  Between the Potomac and Rio Grande rivers are 180 electoral votes.  Obama won't get a single one no matter who Romney picks for Veep.

3.  My only prediction on Romney's Veep is that he'll pick someone with D.C. experience.  At least, that would be the "safe" play.

1. Yeah no.

2. Between the Potomac and Rio Grande are 180 electoral votes. Obama can win as a cautious projection 57 (VA, NC, FL) of them, and could get (in event of landslide) 82 (+GA, SC).

3. This is the only reasonable one of the bunch.

[Donerail]

Gosh a lot of people have fantasies that Obama can win some Southern state(s).  I guess those blowout primary wins in West Va. and Arkansas have them excited.  (Seriously, do any of them even read the elections results?)

Anyway, I won't be voting for Romney.  If I wanted a Wall Street bankers' puppet, I'd vote for Obama to avoid that thin chance of a successful anti-WS rebellion in the GOP that doesn't exist in the Democratic Party.  (Notice that Wall Street beat Main Street in the GOP primaries this year -- which brought relief to most Democrats.  Democrats are taught by their bosses to hate and fear the Republicans who send their kids to public school, who mow their own lawns, and who complain about debt and taxes.  To Democrats, the good Republicans are those who have bank accounts in the Caymans, whose closest contact with minorities is when they keep a sharp eye on the maid while she polishes the silver, and who would never dream of stopping the international bankers from getting an interest payment.)

But if you put a gun to my head and made me give my best advice to Romney, I'd say forget the South.  Pick a Veep from the West -- either Colorado or California.  Or anywhere on the Pacific Coast except Alaska.

We're looking at states Obama can win because he's won them, not those that are solid Republican (like WV or AR). As to the rest of it...