Agreed! Again, I think Gingrich will be better suited as a national security advisor.
On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 5:24 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote: > > I did too. The only down side with him was his age IMO, and perhaps lack > of executive experience. > > If we've learned nothing else from Obama's term, it hopefully is that we > should never elect someone who hasn't managed or run something very, very > big! > > On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 5:01:48 PM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >> 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 withdrawn his bid and former governor and US Senator Evan Bayh will be 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. 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