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04/24/2012

Jon Stewart: Nobody Wants to Be Romney's Running Mate - VIDEO

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Condoleezza Rice: "How many ways can I say it? Not me."

Jon Stewart tallies the Republican candidates who don't want to be Romney's running mate.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

Posted Apr 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM EST by in 2012 Election, Jon Stewart, Mitt Romney, News | Permalink

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  1. All of the politically aware Republicans know that there is almost no way for Romney to win and they don't want to be forever associated with a losing ticket. They are saving their options for 2016 when the GOP has a better shot at winning. Fortunately for all of us, Romney will disappear into history after this election.

    Posted by: Chadd | Apr 24, 2012 9:16:40 AM


  2. @CHADD, are you kidding me? Romney has been running for president since 2007. Why stop now just because he lost again?

    Posted by: Lucas Forstie | Apr 24, 2012 11:40:34 AM


  3. Chadd is correct. Mitt has zero chance of winning. When your party dislikes you because you're unlikable, there's not much hope of winning now or in the future. McCain was more likable, and no one liked him much either.

    Posted by: Paul R | Apr 24, 2012 11:46:57 AM


  4. Lucas

    because the repubs will never allow romney to run a 3rd time

    2 x looser will be too much

    & the far right will blame the loss on not being radical right enough "we told ya" and go even farther right 2016 solidifying a dem win 2016

    There were a few articles a while ago by prominent repubs that it probably would have been better to let santorum get the nom and loose thus silencing the far right and rebuild the party as moderate/ sane repubs 2016

    Too bad they weren't listened to

    Posted by: say what | Apr 24, 2012 12:09:10 PM


  5. Say What, I'm a little confused here. I thought the theme of most Democrats/liberals was that a Santorum nomination would be disastrous for Republicans because RS is too far too the right and would scare off moderate voters, unlike Romney. Wasn't the whole purpose of wishing for a Santorum nomination seeing him lose and then a Romney-type moderate would run in 2016? If even Romney is too far to the right to win, who do you envision being the Republican who wins in 2016? Whoever this candidate is would need the Republican base. How could anyone more liberal than Romney hope to keep the Republican base onboard? And wouldn't this candidate have to appeal to an unrealistically high number of swing voters or Democrats to compensate for the loss of a large chunk of the Republican base?

    Not attacking you here. Just curious about the reasoning being used.

    Posted by: mary | Apr 24, 2012 12:32:19 PM


  6. mary

    the repub base doesn't think romney is right enough

    when romney looses they will screach and wail that the party power brokers lost with romney because they needed to go farther right than romney and so 2016 will see repubs go even crazier to appease the base

    The articles I mentioned were basically saying the repubs should have allowed santorum to win the nomination and then loose so can burn the house down and rebuild it as moderate sane ala jon huntsman in 2016

    Posted by: say what | Apr 24, 2012 1:06:46 PM


  7. @say what
    I like your analysis a lot. I wonder who the Dems run in '16? Do you actually envision a Bidden presidency? I can't. Not because of any big negatives, but instead a small negative. To me, he lacks charisma.

    Posted by: NullNaught | Apr 24, 2012 1:34:08 PM


  8. @Mary. Just had to laugh when you used the words "moderate and liberal" in association with Romney. From a progressive viewpoint, Romney is just another part of the right wing, war mongering, every-man-for-himself machine.

    @Lucas: Romney has been running since 07, but this time is different. He will be the nominee and you never get a second chance at that - in either party - once you've been the nominee and lost. (McCain, Kerry, Gore, Dole, etc). Santorum, however, will likely run again in 2016 joining others who lost previous primaries and ran again a second time (McCain, Romney, Reagan, etc).

    Historically going back to G Washington, the president holds his office 2/3 of the time and after 8 years with one party, the opposition party wins 2/3 of the time. So an Obama win in 2012 and a GOP win in 2016 are the most historically likely scenarios.

    Posted by: Chadd | Apr 24, 2012 1:57:52 PM


  9. Nullnaught

    I think the smart thing would be 2 yrs into Obama's 2nd term to switch out the VP so someone has a leg up in 2016

    can't do it now because it shows weakness + biden helps with working class white males

    but 2 yrs into 2nd term...

    Posted by: say what | Apr 24, 2012 2:26:16 PM


  10. I think the election in Nov 2012 is going to be very close. The nominee of either party usually has a lock on 45-47 % of the votes.It is that other 6-10% that they fight for. It doesn't seem like Obama will be as strong this time as in 2008. Many of the young people have lost their enthusiasm because the radical change they wanted didn't happen. Don't count out the tens of millions or more that the Koch bros and their ilk will spend on ADS to convince America that Obama is a socialist who is not "one of us". ETC

    Posted by: jack | Apr 24, 2012 7:21:39 PM


  11. We on the left are really lucky to have such bright and funny guys on our side as Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Louis Black, Bill Maher and many others.

    Posted by: jack | Apr 24, 2012 8:09:01 PM


  12. Jack you are wrong

    2012 worse case scenario will be the same margin of win obama beat Mcshame by (7.2%) if not more

    romney is hated more by his own party than any repub since polling started in the US = base will be hard pressed to GOTV which makes up for any lessening of obama support from his base

    + the war on women delivering 13-20% higher swing of females supporting Obama now ...majority of voters in america are females

    + romney only getting 14% of latino support while john mcshame got 41%

    + the masses being pissed at repub house with the lowest 5 of support for repub house ever in history of polling....which could translate to a reverse coat tail where as the potus election coat tails usually lifts up down ticket races the reverse can happen with people who might not be as supportive of obama now being hell bent on voting repub congress out of office = gotv........enthusiasm for potus doesn't matter as long as people show up and vote. an unenthusiastic vote is still a vote

    Taking bets now that Obama beats romney by at least 7.2% like he did mcshame & dems retake house with nancy pelosi back in as speaker and dems maintain senate control

    Posted by: say what | Apr 24, 2012 8:44:34 PM


  13. Say What: I sure hope that you are right, that I am wrong. But as they say: 6 mos is an eternity in politics. Anything can happen between now and November.

    Posted by: jack | Apr 24, 2012 9:16:27 PM


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