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Would a Female Running Mate Have Helped Romney More?

AdriHead 2012/08/24 21:00:00
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Who doesn't love a good ol' political maverick like Sarah Palin? Er, on second thought... maybe not Sarah Palin. But perhaps another female politician. A recent survey showed that swing voters react better to female VP picks than male -- and that applies to both presidential tickets.

It was unlikely for Barack Obama to switch over to a female running mate like Hillary Clinton in the middle of his re-election bid, but Mitt Romney's a different story. Do you think the Republican presidential candidate should have opted for a female VP pick -- like Condoleezza Rice, for example -- instead of his actual pick, Paul Ryan?

JEZEBEL.COM reports:
A new survey based on "evolutionary algorithms" identified the best possible VP ticket for both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney by trying out 100 million combinations of vice presidents, platforms, slogans and candidate images. The result: Each would've performed better with swing voters if they had chosen strong female candidates -- Condoleezza Rice for Romney and Hillary Clinton for Obama, to be specific -- as running mates.
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  • Old Salt 2012/08/24 23:25:07
    No
    Old Salt
    +20
    NO.... for he was seriously considering Condi Rice, but realized that the Democrats are the REAL Racist in this country! He knew they would have branded her a "Aunt Jemima" rather than "Uncle Tom!" :(

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  • Daniel Theo Kh... 2012/08/29 18:45:56
    Daniel
    If the job is to destroy America, Your Right,
  • RalphMonroe 2012/08/29 03:09:37
    No
    RalphMonroe
    Female Veep....hahaha!

    We've already had a female Vice President.......Al-Gore
  • Daniel RalphMo... 2012/08/29 18:47:40
    Daniel
    +1
    In that case it shows that women Can do a better job. Read the record.
  • dominic garcia 2012/08/29 00:42:59
    No
    dominic garcia
    +1
    Paul Ryan was the perfect one......
  • Daniel dominic... 2012/08/29 18:49:49
    Daniel
    Yes; The triumph of image over essence. Just another form of Hippie that wants to break down the government.
  • Jackal 2012/08/29 00:30:31
    No
    Jackal
    +1
    People look at politics wrong...

    They look at the shell instead of the core...
  • NYCbrit Jackal 2012/08/29 10:15:44
    NYCbrit
    Agree that it's wrong, but it's VERY true.

    A Pretty Face Can Make A Difference In Whom You Vote For
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/r...
  • Jackal NYCbrit 2012/08/29 10:19:06
    Jackal
    No surprise there...

    People think with their tiny heads instead of the main one...
  • Marianne723 2012/08/28 23:14:41
    No
    Marianne723
    One exception....Jan Brewer.
  • 2426227 2012/08/28 23:07:45
    No
    2426227
    ((( What would have helped is the Media Doing their JOB! The Media Has Let Me Down And The Kids in School and even the elementary school kids. Thje Media Would Have Helped. SAD)))
  • Josh Robinson 2012/08/28 23:07:35
    No
    Josh Robinson
    +2
    Mitt Romney is a time-tested pathologically lying 1%er draft deferring career politician. How is he going to resist the war machine and the big banks when they put him in office..? If he can't resist them how can anything change back..? Mitt will allow QE3, none of the banksters, war criminals or treasonous legislators will go to prison or even lose their jobs, (search Iceland Economy) the Iran invasion to continue Bushes/Israels quest to find ''WMD'' will occur. The fire-button will still be warm on the Drone remote when Mittens Willard begins his murder campaign. We need Real change... I don't see it happening with electoral practices like we've seen this year, going un-punished and nearly unnoticed by most Americans. They will wake up when war is on THEIR doorstep and wonder how it happened, this is a MOST unsettling prospect. If Yours and everyone who voted likewise names were put in a Term-Limited Military Drafting Lottery, would you still vote for Mitt or Obama or Santorum or Perry or H.Clinton..? If your wife and 18+ children could be sequestered under penalty of court marshal to attend an evaluation and basic training with the possibility of deployment, would it change your opinion on a humble non-interventionist foreign policy, as opposed to the nation-building, dicta...
    Mitt Romney is a time-tested pathologically lying 1%er draft deferring career politician. How is he going to resist the war machine and the big banks when they put him in office..? If he can't resist them how can anything change back..? Mitt will allow QE3, none of the banksters, war criminals or treasonous legislators will go to prison or even lose their jobs, (search Iceland Economy) the Iran invasion to continue Bushes/Israels quest to find ''WMD'' will occur. The fire-button will still be warm on the Drone remote when Mittens Willard begins his murder campaign. We need Real change... I don't see it happening with electoral practices like we've seen this year, going un-punished and nearly unnoticed by most Americans. They will wake up when war is on THEIR doorstep and wonder how it happened, this is a MOST unsettling prospect. If Yours and everyone who voted likewise names were put in a Term-Limited Military Drafting Lottery, would you still vote for Mitt or Obama or Santorum or Perry or H.Clinton..? If your wife and 18+ children could be sequestered under penalty of court marshal to attend an evaluation and basic training with the possibility of deployment, would it change your opinion on a humble non-interventionist foreign policy, as opposed to the nation-building, dictator propping/betraying, resource-securing, faith replacing campaigns we wage currently and for the last 25 yrs..? Well we already do send our friends and neighbors off to fight those wars, except it is in our stead and with no risk to us (the unregistered voter).
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  • Daniel Josh Ro... 2012/08/29 18:51:13
    Daniel
    +1
    Crowds applauding.
  • DeeB 2012/08/28 22:39:39
    No
    DeeB
    +1
    Why have a lower class citizen when he can LIE , CHEAT & STEAL the election???? You think Obama was bad? Now tell me, what's the difference between a white fascist and a black one?? You deserve what you get.
  • Jaiheena Star 2012/08/28 22:14:11
    No
    Jaiheena Star
    Romney is his own ememy.
  • Patric Jaiheen... 2012/08/28 22:16:32
    Patric
    that might possibly be true..

    and on that same line of thought ..

    obomma is America's own enemy ..

    did I mention it is about the economy ?
  • Jaiheen... Patric 2012/08/28 23:00:25
    Jaiheena Star
    +1
    I don't like either candidate Obama or Romney.
  • 2012/08/28 21:33:49
    No
    +1
    Paul Ryan is a great match - brilliant with numbers, young and will stand up to Mitt if he needs to. They complement each other with financial, political and business acumen. Adding a woman just for that reason makes no sense.
  • ivegotl... 2012/08/29 09:47:12
    ivegotloveinmypants
    You are absolutely right. Positive discrimination in this case is silly. However, Condi would have also been a good choice, based on her views on foreign policy, but she didn't want the post.
  • MS PRUD 2012/08/28 20:20:24
    No
    MS PRUD
    +2
    He has a good one in Paul Ryan
  • Vongola Primo 2012/08/28 20:14:51
    No
    Vongola Primo
    nothing can save romney now
  • Patric Vongola... 2012/08/28 22:18:28
    Patric
    obomaa can and will .
    obomma will have such high unemployment ... and he does.

    obomma will have such failed economic policy .. and he does.

    obomma will put America in such financial debt .. and he did..

    did I mention it is about the economy ???

    not that Mitt is that great , it is just that obomma is THAT BAD.....
  • ivegotl... Patric 2012/08/29 09:50:53
    ivegotloveinmypants
    I agree with your attacking Obama's inxplicable incurrence of more debt, but remember, that this will make it even harder for Romney to cut it as quickly.
    Failed economic policies? Perhaps, but don't forget that the Republicans blocked a lot of the ones that may have helped the economy, or may have not, in which case they would have been right.
    When American almost went into default, Obama had to ask the Republicans to focus on resolving the issue, rather than trying to attack him, which is what they were doing.
    Also, military spending, which may be on the Republican cards will add mroe debt to the deficit.
    However, Ryan seems to be pro spending cuts, so America could be going the right way.
  • Patric ivegotl... 2012/08/29 10:18:41
    Patric
    I tend to agree ..

    it , the DC mess , is a group effort , both parties get their fill of the pork ..

    but only one party has the POTUS ,, and for that obomma will pay the price..
  • ivegotl... Patric 2012/08/29 12:08:19
    ivegotloveinmypants
    +1
    I only hope that the Republicans deliver the medicine, and not the spoonful of ssugar that Bush did. Lets not frget that the balloning of the deficit was Bush's fault initally. I would have thought that Obama would have wanted to make some cuts after his stimulus package.
  • Patric ivegotl... 2012/08/29 13:06:59
    Patric
    sooner or later some one , some political party is going to have to bite the bullet and get this run away debt controled..

    some thing about , when in a hole STOP digging..

    the past 3 years we added aprox. 50 % to the already sky high debt.

    now , will Mitt stop / control the spending ? unsure, but I am sure that obomma is part of the problem , not the solution..
  • ivegotl... Vongola... 2012/08/29 09:47:25
    ivegotloveinmypants
    LOL.
  • Amaya Winchester 2012/08/28 19:44:06
    No
    Amaya Winchester
    He is an ass either way.
  • Patric Amaya W... 2012/08/28 22:18:53
    Patric
    +1
    odd that you would focus on a guys butt ..
    odd indeed...
  • ☆FritzW☆ 2012/08/28 19:28:02
    No
    ☆FritzW☆
    +2
    What he should do.. he did. He picked the best person available to augment himself in Paul Ryan. Now, easily, if there was a female or other racial candidate that matched up as well or better than Ryan, I believe Romeny and his staff would have no problems bringing them on board. The name of the game is winning the election with the best possible team. Romney, being well versed in business, knows that the secret to success is to surround yourself with knowledge and experience. And I'm sure he'll do that all the way into the White House.
  • Mike Miller 2012/08/28 18:15:04
    Yes
    Mike Miller
    Probably. He needs help with both the women and the Hispanic vote at this point. A woman might have tempered some of the extreme talk coming out of the party right now. That assumes of course he picked a woman who is not one of those extremists!
  • George Zook 2012/08/28 17:01:44
    Yes
    George Zook
    +1
    especially if she was pregnant from being raped and thought it was a good thing
  • Heisenberg George ... 2012/08/28 17:15:20
    Heisenberg
    +3
    Everything I learned about legitimate rape, I learned from this guy.

    learned legitimate rape learned guy
  • Patric Heisenberg 2012/08/28 22:19:56
    Patric
    +1
    that was NOT SEX HE HAD WITH THAT INTERN...

    honest , it was not sex..
  • imsmarter George ... 2012/08/28 19:01:05
    imsmarter
    only if she was legitimately raped.
  • Heisenberg imsmarter 2012/08/29 19:53:15
    Heisenberg
    This guy knows something of legitimate rape.

    guy legitimate rape
  • imsmarter Heisenberg 2012/08/29 20:07:40
    imsmarter
    I don't get the reference.
  • Heisenberg imsmarter 2012/08/29 20:44:28
  • George ... Heisenberg 2012/09/05 15:40:56
    George Zook
    wasn't it consensual?
  • Heisenberg George ... 2012/09/05 15:41:59
    Heisenberg
    *sigh*
  • George ... Heisenberg 2012/09/12 14:36:55
    George Zook
    YAWN

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