I liked Newt.....I'm convinced that Newt will play an instrumental part in the Trump Administration.....
On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote: > > The incredible amount of flux in the elections here in the past few days > is unprecedented. > > Who were you pulling for as VP? Personally I thought each of them had a > downside - including Pence. > > On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 4:28:41 PM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >> I thnk it's a done deal.....Everything is pointing to Pence, and it will >> be a big surprise now if it's not Pence....Gingrich has already pretty much >> conceded that Pence is the choice. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:56 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> The deadline for Pence to withdraw from the governor's race is tomorrow >>> (the Star is saying he already has). Then, a committee of 22 republicans >>> have 30 days to name his replacement on the ballot for November. That means >>> whoever does get the nod then has 2.5 months to campaign before the vote in >>> November. >>> >>> Second, the three people being mentioned for Pence's replacement are US >>> Representative Susan Brooks, US Representative Todd Rokita (both of whom >>> have made preparations to remove themselves from ballots and run for >>> governor instead) and the current Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb - who was named >>> as a replacement in March of this year when the previous Lt. Governor >>> resigned. >>> >>> So that throws 2 of the House races here into disarray and in need of >>> replacement candidates too. >>> >>> To top it off, former democrat representative Baron HIll, who was set to >>> run for our US Senate seat vacated by republican Dan Coats, has withdrawn >>> his bid and former governor and US Senator Evan Bayh will be running >>> against republican Todd Young, who is currently serving his second term as >>> a US representative - thus leaving yet another congressional district with >>> no incumbent. >>> >>> I've never seen such upheaval at one time in my life! This state is >>> going to be as fun to watch as the national elections for once. >>> >>> For the record, I'd like to see Susan Brooks win the governorship and >>> Todd Young in the Senate. I voted for democrat Evan Bayh twice as governor >>> and twice as senator - as he used to be a very moderate/conservative >>> democrat, but then in his second term veered far left right alongside >>> Hillary during the 2008 presidential campaign (he was widely touted as a >>> potential running mate for her when everyone thought she would win the >>> nomination). Bayh and Clinton were among the 2 dozen leftwing democrats to >>> oppose the nominations of two highly qualified SC justices (Roberts and >>> Alito) and then turn around and vote to appoint the least qualified and >>> most radical one ever nominated - Sonia Sotomayor. >>> >>> Should be interesting. Bayh has the huge advantage (having been >>> governor), but it will depend on how many recall that he sadly became such >>> a partisan hack before leaving the Senate to become a lobbyist. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>> >>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "PoliticalForum" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
