Runnin' From the Mittbot

I'm so sorry.  I got that title wrong.  I meant Runnin' WITH the Mittbot.  I mean, of course, who wouldn't want the opportunity to run with this attractive candidate. Well, I guess most of the candidates who are asked say they wouldn't do it, but what the hey!  It's early yet, They are still hundreds of millions of dollars in anonymous donations to be given to run completely scurrilous and negative ads.  Plenty of time to convince the American people that up is down and down is up.

I believe Mittbot will not make the same mistakes that John McCain did.  His decision will not be off the cuff or rash.  The primary concern will be who can most help win the election.  If the person is qualified to actually be President someday, that would be an extra bonus, but not a deal breaker.  As long as the majority of the public believes the vice presidential nominee is qualified should be sufficient.

The first rule is that the veep nominee should be able to bring you his home state.  A marginal swing state with a healthy chunk of delegates would be best.  In that regard, Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia would fail the test, as recent polling shows his addition to the ticket does not help Mittbot win Virginia.  Indiana is light in delegates, but Governor Mitch Daniels might help seal the state.  Governor Chris Christie is someone the mainstream media won't shut up about.  He has some popularity among conservatives across the country, although he just strikes me as a reprehensible bully.  They're not likely to pick him as he would overshadow the Mittbot, both literally and figuratively.  Frankly, right now, most of the Republican governors across the country are highly unpopular right now, and are more likely to become impeached or recalled than become Vice President.

Pulling from a Congress with a 9% approval rating don't seem like much of a winner either.  Paul Ryan of Wisconsin may seem like a wonderful choice, but he is very conservative, a social Darwinist and Ayn Randophile whose vaunted budget will not bear public scrutiny.  Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, a very new Senator, a woman is not batcrap crazy like Palin and Bachmann might pass the test, but the idea it might help with women is naive.  When a man wants to take away your birth control, that's pretty awful.  When a woman wants to do it, that is monstrous.  The problem that the Republicans have with women is their POLICIES, not the atmoshperics.  Rob Portman of Ohio might help if he can demonstrate some positive polling in Ohio.  He is relatively unknown, and has the Bush stink about him, but stranger things have happened.

So, good luck, Mittbot 2012 2.0!  May the best man/woman that is available within the Republican party who won't shrink in horror at the prospect of the job be your nominee!