Poll: McCain Supporters, If McCain Picks Romney For VP

[Lincoln Republican]

For McCain supporters, if John McCain picks Mitt Romney as his running mate, will you still be supporting McCain?

Please discuss.

[Keystone Phil]

Uh, yeah but I won't be happy with his choice.

[J. J.]

Romney would not be my first choice, but I regard McCain as being better than Clinton and Obama.

[Torie]

Heck, I would still support McCain if he picked Huckabee as his VP. Now, if it were Ron Paul .....

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Nope.....I'll go to the Big O.

[Reluctant Republican]

As someone who used to dislike Romney I've grown quite fond of him. He's not my first choice but he is is my top five. He'd make a great president.

[Alcon]

Ick.  Not a huge impact, but it would somewhat lower my chances of voting for him.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Of course no one thinks he'll realistically pick Romney......he hates him.

[True Democrat]

I would probably still vote for McCain, but believe me, Romney is not even close to the top of my list.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yes, but I wouldn't be happy with the choice.

[Lincoln Republican]

Myself, I would still, of course, support McCain, enthusiastically.

But, even as big a Romney supporter as I am, I highly doubt that Romney will be getting the VP call from McCain.

If McCain wins, however, I am still hopeful that McCain will tap Romney for Secretary of the Treasury.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Uh, yeah but I won't be happy with his choice.

^^^^^^^^

[Lunar]

Of course no one thinks he'll realistically pick Romney......he hates him.

Reagan wasn't too fond of Bush after the "voodoo economics" label Bush slammed his economic policies with.  Kennedy and Johnson weren't too chummy.

These are ambitious people and they think first what they need to do to win.  However, pres/VP candidate chemistry is always a plus.

The danger is if some people who passionately dislike Romney for being fake become less enthused for McCain.  Although I think Romney offers a lot of benefits (see THR's other thread for my list), he does potentially transfer some of his perceived fakeness over to McCain for choosing him.  A lot of people who do love McCain love him for his supposed straight talk...

[Torie]

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That is McCain's best card. It is why his appeal transcends ideology. McCain must be careful not to depreciate his most precious asset.

[Democratic Hawk]

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That is McCain's best card. It is why his appeal transcends ideology. McCain must be careful not to depreciate his most precious asset.

Well that's all McVanity's straight talk is ... supposed !

Dave

[Torie]

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That is McCain's best card. It is why his appeal transcends ideology. McCain must be careful not to depreciate his most precious asset.

Well that's all McVanity's straight talk is ... supposed !

Dave

I just know that little dig, gave you a measure of pleasure, and indeed joy, and that is a good thing. Cheers.

[auburntiger]

Well if it is Romney, it will help McCain's image of "not knowing anything about the economy" gaffe; it would also help with the fiscal conservatives who disagree with McCain's tax policy. However the flip side of the coin is very low turount among evangelicals.

[Lunar]

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That is McCain's best card. It is why his appeal transcends ideology. McCain must be careful not to depreciate his most precious asset.

Well that's all McVanity's straight talk is ... supposed !

Dave

Well, I was trying to be impartial.  Maybe "perceived" would have been a better term.  He does tend to seem more blunt than the other candidates, a trait that's admired in the large sense by the population but abhorred in specific instances.  People in Michigan don't like to hear that their jobs aren't coming back!

I just said supposed because he still does lots of politically calculating things, it's rather unavoidable at the upper echelons of politics to not scratch a few backs etc. 

Anyway, choosing Romney might come across strongly as the politically calculating, smooth move for McCain to make, hurting the Straight Talk Express!  Besides, I think he still thinks he's at least a slight underdog at this junction in time, meaning that the safest more conventional campaign strategy might be poor advice - but it's still early. 

Well if it is Romney, it will help McCain's image of "not knowing anything about the economy" gaffe; it would also help with the fiscal conservatives who disagree with McCain's tax policy. However the flip side of the coin is very low turount among evangelicals.

Hmm... I think Romney comes across as fairly religious and scores well with the conservative base.  I guess maybe not Southern Baptists but McCain already has them locked up.  And it might excite some evangelicals in Nevada and Colorado of the different sort.

[auburntiger]

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That is McCain's best card. It is why his appeal transcends ideology. McCain must be careful not to depreciate his most precious asset.

Well that's all McVanity's straight talk is ... supposed !

Dave

Well, I was trying to be impartial.  Maybe "perceived" would have been a better term.  He does tend to seem more blunt than the other candidates, a trait that's admired in the large sense by the population but abhorred in specific instances.  People in Michigan don't like to hear that their jobs aren't coming back!

I just said supposed because he still does lots of politically calculating things, it's rather unavoidable at the upper echelons of politics to not scratch a few backs etc. 

Anyway, choosing Romney might come across strongly as the politically calculating, smooth move for McCain to make, hurting the Straight Talk Express!  Besides, I think he still thinks he's at least a slight underdog at this junction in time, meaning that the safest more conventional campaign strategy might be poor advice - but it's still early. 

Well if it is Romney, it will help McCain's image of "not knowing anything about the economy" gaffe; it would also help with the fiscal conservatives who disagree with McCain's tax policy. However the flip side of the coin is very low turount among evangelicals.

Hmm... I think Romney comes across as fairly religious and scores well with the conservative base.  I guess maybe not Southern Baptists but McCain already has them locked up.  And it might excite some evangelicals in Nevada and Colorado of the different sort.

Here in the south, there are alot of Southern Baptists who won't vote for a Mormon under ANY circumstances. However my dad voted for Romney in the primary. So I guess I shot down my own argument, hah

[Nym90]

I still fail to see why Romney would be a good choice. He's very conservative, but yet not liked by the GOP base.....so who exactly does he appeal to?

Oh yeah, Rush Limbaugh would be thrilled. But beyond the corporate wing of the party, he has very limited appeal.