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An alternative petition has been created in support of Mitt Romney as the best choice for vice-president. The URL is:

www.yesmittvp.com

Interestingly, until a few hours ago, the majority of the comments on the "nomittvp.com" site were IN FAVOR of Romney! Consequently, the group in charge of the anti-Romney petition stopped displaying all comments (only signatures now) and posted an advisory saying:

"This is not a blog site. This is a petition AGAINST Mitt Romney being on the GOP ticket with John McCain. Because of some vulgar comments made by Romney supporters toward individuals, the decision was made to remove ALL comments by Romney supporters. If you support Romney you should not be signing a petition against him in order to make pro--Romney statements. That is flat out dishonest."

Dishonest to voice your opinion?

Just remember that most of the signatures on the anti-Romney petition are IN FAVOR of Romney. I'd love to see a follow-up story on this fact!

If McCain picks Mitt "I'll flip flop on any issue" Romney, as fas as I, and many like me are concerned, he's on his own!

Hillary4VP_Mccain, I guarantee that will not happen. The Republican delegates at their national convention would soundly reject Sen. Clinton as the Party's nominee for VP. In fact, if Sen. McCain were to select her before the convention, there would be a huge floor fight and the vast majority of the delegates committed to Sen. McCain would refuse to vote on the first ballot forcing a second ballot. That would free almost all of the delegates to vote for whomever they want on the second ballot. Thus denying Sen. McCain the Party's nomination for President.

Henda, you wrote: ..."who will vote for McCain in the GE will not only vote for many more senseless deaths of young fellow Americans in Iraq, but also for a national health care disaster."

First of all, fighting al Qaeda in Iraq and trying to spread democracy throughout the Middle East in an attempt to defeat the Islamic extremists' jihad against Western Civilization is not senseless. Secondly, the real disaster in health care would be the socialist womb-to-tomb universal health care system that both Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton advocate.

Every Obama or Clinton supporter who will vote for McCain in the GE will not only vote for many more senseless deaths of young fellow Americans in Iraq, but also for a national health care disaster.

When Senator John McCain unveiled his healthcare proposal last fall, a journalist asked whether the Arizona senator's battle against skin cancer would make him sympathetic to the idea of requiring that insurance companies provide coverage to people with preexisting conditions.

McCain flatly rejected the idea. "That would be mandating what the free enterprise system does," McCain said.

McCain's response highlights the challenge he faces as he prepares to try to sell his healthcare plan in the fall campaign. He says the country must provide access to healthcare for all our citizens, and that "we need to help people who need it." But McCain also wants to shrink government's role in healthcare and doesn't want to impose regulations on insurance companies.

As a result, McCain's aides have been scrambling to come up with ways to satisfy those who want more coverage without violating what they call McCain's conservative principles on the issue.

I'm a Hillary supporter, that will vote for McCain if she doesn't get the nod. He's moderate so I can feel comfortable voting for him. I just hope he doesn't go too far right with his choice.

@Hillaryistheone

Or vice versa

Mormonism isn't called a cult because it isn't politically conservative enough. The issue is a religious one. Mormonism rejects Christ as the divine son of God. It rejects the Bible as the only rule of faith. It rejects as the only Sovreign in the Universe (they believe God has a father and mother, for example). These are religious questions, not political ones.

Romney is rejected because he is not fit for office, he (sort-of) changed his positions just because he was changing the office he sought.

MCCain, please pick Hillary for VP ...

Yes, yes, she can outreach sometimes ..

But you know, whenever she outreaches, just slap that hand ...

She is truly a quality candidate for VP.
She is clearly knowledgeable, intelligent, capable, diligent, tough, clear-headed, sound-minded. She will always work in a bipartisan way to get things done ... She produces results ... She delivers on her promises ... She is a patriot ..

You like working with her, MCCAIN ...

If Ann Coulter said she will campaign for Hillary, well that says alot.
I am sure the rest of the conservatives will come around and re-evaluate her positively like Scaife ...

She will bring her large supporters to you, MCCain ...

What say you?

If you are a social conservative please listen to reason with regard to Romney:
1) He is a true social conservative who believes in life and has demonstrated it by his life-style and family.
2) True, he did have to compromise on many positions while Gov in Mass, but can you imagine not having to compromise in liberal Massachusetts?
3) His religion is NOT a cult--if any thing Mormons are more conservative in every way than typical Christians--stats show less divorces, less infidelity, and less out of wedlock pregnancies!

It makes no difference. This country will never vote for a guy that wants to keep us at was. This country will never vote for a guy that is even older than reagan was when he was elected. We all remember what happened to him as he got older. So it makes no difference who he picks, Obama will be the next president. He is what this country needs now. Obama 2008!

I am in agreement with several comments here. If McCain wants to get the independent vote, Romney is the best choice. I am a Democrat and will not vote for Obama should he be the nominee and will instead cast my vote for McCain. You do not have to agree with everything a candidate stands for, but as least with McCain, I know what I will be getting. I seriously doubt that those who lean far to the right, would not vote for McCain if Romney is the VP. Like they would allow a very liberal Dem like Obama to win. I think not. This is just a threat.

One threat is for real...Many Clinton supporters will either not vote or go for McCain should Obama be the Dem nominee. His poor judgment and the debt that he helped get Illinois into are both fitting reasons to not go Democratic this election.

Mr. Romney will most likely get a high profile post other than VP. Very little chance he would be on the GOP ticket this time around. Mr. Liberman would do a good job. The Florida governor would also be a good choice. Many good choices, a few bad. Mr. Romney would be a bad choice.

The ONLY way I will vote for McCain is if Ronmey is on the ticket, otherwise you might as well vote for Hilary.

IMHO, Jeb Bush would not get democrats in Fl to vote for him. They really did not like him as governor. He tried to privatize everything and did so with many prisons. That has turned into a disaster!! Government workers really did not like him as it was obvious he was trying to axe them.

I think it is just too soon for another Bush. I don't see that happening this election anyway.

As an aside, he is nothing like his brother. He was a good student who finished his undergraduate degree in 3 years, rather than 4. His rep. in Florida was as a very hard worker, and easy to be around, even for those who were politically different. He is very bright and articulate.

The really good thing about Mitt Romney is that he understands the economy. I have to give the devil his due. He knows how to make money and how to turn things around. McCain is seriously deficient, by his own admission, in this area. However, running government is not like running a business. I was surprised at how conservative Mitt's pitch was for the presidency. In Mass., he was not that bad. Just watching the debates though you could tell that these guys just don't like one another. That has to count for something.

Charlie Crist and McCain seem to get along well. Crist is moderate and a very effective governor in Florida. That would be a killer in the GE. Floridians, both Dem and Repub, like him. Camera likes him too.

McCain with our without Romney,what's the difference? The only difference in America to be made this year is NOT voting for McCain, who even according to many in the GOP could do a still more disastrous job than Bush did, both on foreign policy (and the war on terror) and the economy. Let's reflect -

1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.

2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."

3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.

4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."

5. The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.

6. He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.

7. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.

9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."

10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.

Last night my mother said she had a feeling he was going to pick Jeb Bush. I said maybe that would be just what the democrats need to bring them together. I don't know anything else that would.

@ tokonoma

John McCain is leading in the polls in Florida.

I don't think Floridians like the idea of being disenfranchised and having to vote for the candidate they were against.

BTW Obama had national ads airing on TV (on CNN) in Florida.