McCain and Romney Get Together
I’m not entirely sure about a McCain/Romney ticket - though such a thing does have many things to commend it. But, be that as it may, GOP unity continues to grow:
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - In a show of Republican unity, one-time bitter foes John McCain and Mitt Romney raised money and campaigned together Thursday for a single goal - getting McCain elected president.
“We are united. Now our job is to energize our party,” the Arizona senator said in an airport hangar, flanked by Romney and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., an early McCain supporter. Both have been mentioned as potential vice presidential picks, and McCain praised each.
Romney lauded McCain and promised to do all he can to help, saying: “He is a man who is proven and tested” and without question the right man to be president.
In February, Romney won 90 percent of the vote in Utah to McCain’s 5 percent. Romney’s ties to the state run deep, from his Mormon faith to his work overseeing the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
“Look, that wasn’t the only state I lost to Governor Romney in - it was just the largest loss,’ McCain said chuckling. He joked that it was abject humiliation but understandable given Romney’s Utah links. “I was at least hoping to break into double digits though!”
“I think he did just fine in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, California …,” Romney said, laughing about states McCain won.
Country before party and country before individual desires - Romney very much wanted to be President, and probably very much would like to try again one day…but now his task is different; it is to ensure a man qualified to be President is elected in November, and of the three contenders for that office, only McCain has the experience, vision and tested leadership skills to hit the ground running on day one - a thing we’ll need in these dangerous times.
31 comments March 28th, 2008
