Or Secretary of State? On Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 5:46:42 PM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> 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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