New poll/Old poll
The new poll question is up:
This weekend GOP presidential candidate John McCain is hosting several possible vice presidential picks at his home. He said last month there were ~20 in his pool. Of these top names floated, who would you choose?
The poll site, Vizu, only allows 10 spots for answers, which made it hard. I listed the most recently and commonly foated names….
But there were many others: SC Sen. Jim DeMint, NC Sen. Elizabeth Dole, former TN Sen. Fred Thompson, former Speaker Newt Gingrich, CA Rep. Duncan Hunter, TX Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, IN Rep. Mike Pence, TX Gov. Rick Perry, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Dir. of the Office of Management & Budget Rob Portman, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, SC Gov. Mark Sanford, former MD Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, SD Sen. John Thune, and former OK Rep. J. C. Watts.
Perhaps you’re aware of more? Mention them in the comments section.
Re: last week’s poll, most of you thought neither Clinton nor Obama would do much to advance abortion. At least it appears that way on 1st analysis.
But if you compare USA and International votes, Americans are suspicious that either candidate will make pro-life matters worse, while worldwide friends by and large think they’re all talk. Interesting. Click to enlarge:
I mentioned last week the International map fascinates me. It looks like our friend on a ship off the coast of Africa voted again (yellow flag). The speck of land upon which the red flag sits south of Alaska is the island of Oahu. The green flag near Cuba is positioned at a Caymen Island. And we have 5 Chinese voters this week, which is great. “Freedom!,” as Mel Gibson’s character William Wallace exclaimed in Braveheart.
If you want to view these maps in more detail, click on “Comment” on the Vizu poll, You’ll see this week’s map, which can be manipulated and enlarged. If you want to check a previous week’s poll map, after clicking “Comment,” highlight “My Vizu,” click on “My Polls,” and then click on the poll question that interests you. You’ll see the map.
As always, please make comments to either the old or new poll here, not at the Vizu website.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Eduardo Verastegui for Vice-President! (Does the VP have to be a U.S. citizen?)
Never mind, Eduardo….The VP job has these requirements:
To serve as Vice President, an individual must be:
– a natural born U.S. citizen not younger than 35
– a U.S. permanent resident for at least 14 years
– eligible for the office of President (as stated in the Twelfth Amendment)
To the Chinese “voters”…
My prayers are with you and your country during this time of great devestation. My heart and prayers go out to each and every one of you whose lives were affected by the earthquake.
I am truly sorry.
Jill,
I voted “other”. I think an interesting choice would be Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. However, John McCain needs to stay away, I think, from anyone with close contact to the Bush administration. Unfortunate, IMO, because I think Ms. Rice would make an excellent VP.
JLM, Rice’s other problem is she’s pro-abortion, and McCain already indicated he wouldn’t pick a pro-abort (when he said why he wouldn’t pick Tom Ridge).
Jill,
oops! That one totally slipped my mind. I’ve been thinking more on the lines of foreign relations/policy lately.
Darned MSM and my sidetracked mind!
Chris Smith.
Sorry, that wasn’t clear. I don’t think Smith’s name is being floated; I just think he’s a pretty good egg. As Republicans go. :)
Mike Huckabee is the obvious choice, IMO.
Huckabee’s insane and if McCain chose Huckabee for his running mate, you can bet your bottom dollar that McCain would be totally pwn’d by who ever the Democrats run.
Sure- Huckabee would help McCain garner the elusive “Christian Conservative” (barf) vote…but it would alienate the true fiscal conservatives who already hate McCain and have even MORE reason to hate Huckabee because of his lacking ability in being fiscally responsible.
We are in a time of fiscal and economic crisis- we need somebody for Veep to be fiscally responsible and capable of making decisions that aren’t completely bat-shite stupid (ie stimulus checks) and guiding us through this economic turmoil. Huckabee couldn’t do that.
Right on, Rae.
I don’t know… Pat Paulson?
It looks like our friend on a ship off the coast of Africa voted again (yellow flag).
They’ve been sitting there, rowing in place, for weeks now. Quite an accomplishment.
I think one would go with Lieberman on the basis of liberty, freedom, and caring in a needed libertarian way.
For the fiscal problems of the United States, Romney would be the best choice.
I am amazed how many people voted for Huckabee. He’s terrible on both scores.
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Definitely Rice or Tom Ridge. Both are good choicers.
“other.”