{"id":15045,"date":"2012-07-11T15:45:59","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T19:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=15045"},"modified":"2012-07-11T15:45:59","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T19:45:59","slug":"quins-quintuple-veep-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/15045\/quins-quintuple-veep-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Quin’s Quintuple Veep Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks, Quin, for the \u201cclarification\u201d<\/a> on your vice presidential pick(s).\u00a0 So far, I count four possible outcomes allowing you to claim Nostradamus status at the next company picnic.<\/p>\n

Putting your competing theories and rationalizations aside for a moment, however, let me ask this: Who do you want right now<\/em>?<\/p>\n

My head tells me Romney should pick Paul Ryan because the two seem very comfortable with each other (one report<\/a> says Ryan can finish Romney\u2019s sentences and make him laugh) and <\/em>because Ryan gives Mitt the disciplined, wonkish Washington veteran Romney seems to like (see Rob Portman) as well as the likeable guy-next-door demeanor Mitt needs (see Tim Pawlenty).<\/p>\n

I also think Ryan would be a great number two to Romney without being such a second fiddle as to obscure his future presidential ambitions.\u00a0 Paul Ryan: dutiful and dynamic.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s my head.\u00a0 My heart wants Chris Christie.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because I want someone to articulate the anger I have for the wasted time, money, and opportunities squandered by the Obama Administration over the last three years.\u00a0 America has more debt, less prestige, and bleaker prospects for the future than at any other time in the last forty years.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s more than a \u201ckick in the gut\u201d<\/a>; it\u2019s an affront to our patriotism.<\/p>\n

I want someone who not only articulates the problems with Obamaism, I want a person who can point to the way out.\u00a0 But right now<\/em>, I also want someone who does this with an edge.\u00a0 Not necessarily going off on a heckler while eating an ice cream cone edge, but with something more than charts, statistics, and phrases about getting hit.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like someone in the Romney camp who knows how to hit back.<\/p>\n

Strategically, my head is telling me Romney should pick Ryan, but tactically, I want Christie out there getting daily news coverage rhetorically perp-walking Obama\u2019s bad policies out of Washington.<\/p>\n

How about you, Quin?\u00a0 Who do you want as Romney\u2019s VP right now<\/em>.\u00a0 You can keep your other prognostications for future reference.\u00a0 All I\u2019m asking is for an undisputed, single name occupying your Veep choice today<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks, Quin, for the \u201cclarification\u201d on your vice presidential pick(s).\u00a0 So far, I count four possible outcomes allowing you to claim Nostradamus status at the next company picnic. Putting your competing theories and rationalizations aside for a moment, however, let me ask this: Who do you want right now? My head tells me Romney should […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2033,1034,160,802,1479,2729],"class_list":["post-15045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-2033","tag-chris-christie","tag-mitt-romney","tag-paul-ryan","tag-quin-hillyer","tag-vice-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15045"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15049,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15045\/revisions\/15049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}