Bush Would Consider Being on Ticket with Romney

[kpete]

Bush Would Consider Being on Ticket with Romney
Jeb Bush told NewsMax that he would consider being Mitt Romney's running mate.

Said Bush: "Well I'd consider it, but I doubt I'll get a call, and I don't know if it's the right thing for me to do. I didn't run for president for a similar kind of reason, so I'm all in to try to help him get elected."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/04/20/bush_would_consider_being_on_ticket_with_romney.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PoliticalWire+%28Political+Wire%29
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/jeb-bush-romney-rubio-obama/2012/04/19/id/436495

[PearliePoo2]

1. Oh SHIT.

This could set him up nicely for 2016 or 2020.

[sadbear]

2. This is the first I've heard of it.

But I will mark today in my calendar because I think you could be right. They know 2012 is a lost cause. But 2016 will be a clean slate and what better way to make JB their frontrunner than to put him on the 2012 ticket?

[SheilaT]

9. My thoughts exactly.

Although I think that the v-p candidate on a losing ticket almost never goes on to win the presidency. I'm thinking back . . . and they rarely even get nominated for president on another go-around.

Richard Nixon was the amazing exception. Ran for President in 1960, lost, ran for governor of California in 1962, lost (famously said "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more) and then ran in 1968 and won. Since then, let's see.

Here's the list of losing vice-presidential candidates since 1972.

Sargent Shriver
Bob Dole
Walter Mondale
Gerealdine Ferraro
Lloyd Benson
Dan Quayle
Jack Kemp
Joe Lieberman
John Edwards
Sarah Palin

Bob Dole and Walter Mondale each went on to win their party's nomination at the top of the ticket later on, but did not win those elections either.

In fact, looking back at the entire lists for both parties, the ONLY politician who was the v-p candidate on a losing ticket who then went on to become president was Franklin Roosevelt. The only one. So in reality, if Jeb Bush really wants to become President down the road, he'd be better off not running with Romney this year.

Here's the link to the two lists I looked at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Democratic_Party_presidential_tickets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Republican_Party_presidential_tickets

[Wind Dancer]

3. Exactly!

This has been my biggest fear!

[cr8tvlde]

4. The VP thing worked out well for his Dad. n/t

[bigdarryl]

5. He would OVER SHADDOW Romneys DUMB ASS!!!! LOL

[tanyev]

8. Yep. Mitt really needs to find someone even more bland and boring than he is.

Good luck with that.

[spanone]

6. wonder how many weeks before jeb would be sworn in?

[FSogol]

7. Seriously? People here are worried about another Bushie?

Bring it on, remind everyone of W. Romney has the same financial answers that W had.

[Submariner]

10. Jeb's wife is a thief

who got caught trying to smuggle jewlery in her suitcase through U.S. Customs. I'm wondering if the U.S. is ready for a lying thief to be the VP's First Lady.

http://www.sptimes.com/News/62299/State/Gov_Bush_says_his_wif.shtml

[UTUSN]

16. This particular wife is a blip next to the entire B.F.E.E, including all of Poppy's spawn

Medicare fraud in partnership with CIA-Cuban types (Jeb Crow Shrub), savings & loan scams (Neill), oil scams/AWOL/cocaine/abortions (Shrub), and the rest of the iceberg we will never know about. Jeb Crow Shrub's wife doesn't have the big time gambits in her genes.

[Initech]

11. I'm so fucking sick of them I can't stand it!!

Here's what I think of Jeb Bush running:

[russspeakeasy]

12. Damn, that's a great idea... and nominate dicky as defense secretary...

[DisabledDem]

13. Most everyone not a right wing stooge have atrocious memory of Shurb, so this is postitive for the

Democratic party in general.


Remind the voting population what Bush did to put the country in terrible shape will come back to haunt Romney and the GOP if Jeb Bush is Romney VP running mate.

[adigal]

14. I wish Romney were so dumb as to put him on the ticket

Even the dumbest Americans have Bush Fatigue. I really think they do.

[warrior1]

15. kiss of death for Romney

American's hate the bush's as much as romney.