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The Spectacle Blog
I just received an e-mail from Team Romney which reads:
We’re getting ready to share some exciting news. Sometime between now and the Republican convention, Mitt will be announcing his choice for VP.
Know what’s even more exciting? Every week until the VP announcement is made, one lucky supporter will win the chance to meet Mitt and his choice for VP.
So Mitt Romney has already made his choice for VP. Well, whoever the Romney decides to share this with better hope doesn’t have loose lips because it could (depending on the choice) send the air out of the balloon or could peak excitement too soon. Either that or Team Romney will have to somehow erase their donors’ memories of any such encounter à la Men in Black.
The plus side in picking a VP candidate now is that Romney won’t have any surprises during the Convention, assuming, of course, that their vetting is up to snuff. But if they are going to reveal the VP pick before the Convention, I would prefer that they would do it 24 to 48 hours prior to its opening. At least then the VP pick is still a fresh topic of discussion in the news cycle. Romney has little to gain by picking his VP in July, no matter who it is.
Occam's Tool| 7.12.12 @ 6:47PM
Prezactly. Give Bummer no time to move.
Tom Kyba| 7.12.12 @ 7:00PM
WTF is this all about? Just name the freakin' person. This sounds like the type of juvenile game playing liberals engage in.
AndyDD| 7.12.12 @ 7:31PM
"Sometime between now and the Republican convention, Mitt will be announcing his choice for VP"
There wasn't already a 99% probability that this would happen? If this campaign 'news' release is intended as a Bain-Barrage diversion it is indeed wasted.
aware| 7.12.12 @ 7:35PM
Yeah, if he really wants shake things up, wait till AFTER the convention to name the talking mule.
RJ| 7.12.12 @ 7:58PM
Don't be so easily tricked. You can meet Romney, his VP selection, along with a roomful of the prominent candidates, so you still won't know who it is. The quoted note does not say that Mitt and his choice will be the only people you meet.
One thing I am sure of is that Romney's pick will be well vetted. He is the quintessential CEO. His campaign organization and VP selection will be well organized. He has already tested many of the likely candidates on the campaign trail.
Romney wasn't my first, second or third choice, but we will see that running a winning presidential campaign involves much more than giving an inspiring speech. The energy in support of Romney's candidacy will be too much for Obama's failed record.
PCC| 7.12.12 @ 8:28PM
Firstly, it says a lucky supporter will be chosen each week, not when the lucky supporter(s) will meet Mitt and his Veep, which almost certainly will be at the convention, after the selection has been made public. So, no, he hasn't made his choice and, no, he's not going to leak once a week to some goofy supporter.
Secondly, Mr. Goldstein says that Romney has little to gain by picking his Veep in July, but offers no reason for saying so. At the very least, a case can be made for putting the ticket in harness for the full summer campaign, with the added benefit of a public vetting before the convention, just in case.
Anyway, just because Aaron says something, that doesn't necessarily make it so.
Cheers!
Reggie Love| 7.12.12 @ 9:22PM
C'mon Mitt. Just pick Lamar Alexander now. We know you want to.
Teflon93 | 7.12.12 @ 11:51PM
He's picked Barack Obama. How can he lose now?
rightasrain| 7.13.12 @ 7:08AM
Name the VP already and get him out there bashing Obama, raising money and on the bumper stickers.
Mimi | 7.13.12 @ 7:55AM
From now until the convention they can double the territory, news flashes etc. Announce NOW if he's vetted and ready to go....PUT SOME WOOD ON THE FIRE.....Obama -Biden...vs.
Romney /WHO?....Let the Convention focus on firing up the country!
Mike Rogers | 7.13.12 @ 8:31AM
That's not the worst of it.
I counted something like ten emails from "Matt Rhoades" exhorting me to donate for a chance to meet the veep. Not only yhat, but have any of your readers received a thankyou note from Team Romney for a donation? EVERY other campaign I have donated to over the past decade sends thankyou notes. Romney's people don't.
Dai Alanye | 7.13.12 @ 9:14AM
So, not even a pretense that the Convention has any say in the matter.
Oldefarte| 7.13.12 @ 1:16PM
Hopefully the VP pick won't be .....Jesse Jackson Jr!!!!!!
JohnInFlorida| 7.14.12 @ 9:51AM
" ... or could peak excitement too soon ... "
Oh yes, we're sooooo very excited about who is being picked to help NOT represent us. I'd laugh at the absurdity of this except it's NOT funny.