Possible GOP Female VPs
The Politico argues that the Democrats may not be the only ones who may nominate a woman as Vice President; the GOP has some good, able women as well. Since there is no ‘favorite’ for the GOP VP spot at this moment, the Politico has come up with a list of three women, who should be taken very seriously.
Sarah Palin
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may be nationally unknown, but in her state she is nothing short of a political phenomenon.
Palin, 44, would add youth to the GOP ticket. As governor she has shown a willingness to veto some of the state’s large capital projects, no small plus for fiscal conservatives. But it’s her personal biography, which excites social conservatives, and reformist background that might most appeal to McCain…
As governor, she’s continued challenging the state’s powers that be, even winning tax increases on oil companies’ profits. Her approval rating has soared as high as 90 percent, making her one of America’s most popular governors…
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina has an up-by-her-own-bootstraps success story, having worked her way from a start as a young secretary straight through the glass ceiling to become Hewlett-Packard’s chief executive from 1999 to 2005. She presently serves as the chair of the organization tasked by the Republican National Committee with preparing the party’s crucial get-out-the-vote operation. It’s no symbolic post, but a crucial position for a party facing an uphill presidential contest.
Along with eBay.com CEO Meg Whitman — who has also been brought up occasionally as a long-shot GOP vice presidential prospect — Fiorina is one of the most prominent female executives of the last decade…
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Last week Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, the longest-tenured female Republican senator, joined McCain for a fundraising sprint in the Lone Star state. Hutchison, who until recently headed the Senate Republican Conference, now serves as chairwoman of the Republican Policy Committee, two top Beltway party posts.
Hutchison had already engaged on McCain’s behalf, defending his embrace of the controversial conservative Pastor John Hagee earlier this year and making the rounds as a surrogate on the Sunday political shows (including an appearance Sunday on ABC’s “This Week”), though, like McCain, it’s a medium that does not suit her. And also like McCain, she is not a gifted campaigner.
Will the Republicans choose a woman? Why not, I’d say. The Democrats had a revolutionary nomination. It’s quite possible that they will run with a black man, and a white woman. That has never happened before. If the GOP wants to show Americans that it too is modern, and not a WASP club, they’ve got to either select an African-American or a female running mate for John McCain.
These three women, especially the first two, do make sense.
I don’t know about this. They seem like a qualified bunch, to be sure, but specifically going out of their way to choose a female VP would be done in the hopes of picking up some Hillary voters. It seems like the massive abandonment of Obama by women has not materialized. Women favor Obama to McCain by the same margin as they favored Clinton to McCain in the primary season, so no female bounce seems evident.
So unless they still think they can draw feminist voters in (a hard prospect, considering McCain has said that Roe vs. Wade should be overturned) it’s more likely that they pick a prominent Republican from a swing state.
The possible exception is Sarah Palin, who if she’s as good as her hype, could probably attract all sorts of voters, not merely disaffected Hillary women. She seems to be a fine VP candidate regardless of ovaries, simply on the basis of her popularity and history. The only issues I see with her is that she does not hail from a swing state (Alaska is solidly red), or a big state (it’s the 48th in population, with less than 700,000 people). Another thing to consider is that maybe she doesn’t want the job. She’s wildly popular and loved in her own state, there’s no reason to suppose she’d want to leave that job, or at least wait until she can run for the presidency herself.
I don’t see it happening, hispanic perhaps, maybe a black, but I doubt a woman. It’d be seen as riding on the coattails of the democrats.
Which of course would be false, HRC was a disaster of a candidate to begin with – and there are plenty of smart, highly capable women that could have done much more than she possibly was able to on her best day. By best day I don’t mean best day for Hillary of course, I mean best day for America. Which coincidentally her best day was when she dropped out of the race.
Of the 3 GOP women, Sarah Palin clearly comes out on top. Read up on her bio and her accomplishments. She’s the real deal!
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