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The Spectacle Blog
Quin isn’t impressed with talk of South Dakota Republican Senator John Thune being Romney’s number two. I second his motion.
I haven’t been much of a fan of Thune since he opposed John Bolton’s nomination as UN ambassador back in 2005. If Romney were to be elected, Bolton would be a leading candidate to be appointed Secretary of State.
Not that there’s any rule that a V-P and a Secretary of State have to like each other. Still, I think if Romney were to make this pick it would be terribly out of Thune.
Martin| 5.30.12 @ 3:53PM
The idea that Romney might appoint Bolton S of S is probably the single most off-putting thing about him. Foreign policy above all needs to be cheap, and a Bolton would get us involved in yet more endless futile "nation-building" in the Middle East.
Thune and Portman would both sharply diminish Romney's modest appeal. He needs to appoint someone who covers for his faults, not reinforces them.
C Bowen | 5.31.12 @ 4:10PM
John Bolton? He took money from a terrorist, Marxist terrorist organization--he belongs in Gitmo, not as Sec State.
Plus one for Thune, though.