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When asked about the possibility of being considered a candidate for vice president, Ernst laughed, but didnt reject the notion outright.
Well, I think that's -- that's nice, she said. Did my mother pay you to say that?
With the vice presidential selection process a ways off, candidates wanting to win the White House are concentrating on the early voting states, including Iowa, the first electoral test for those seeking the presidency. Ernst cited President Ronald Reagan when asked what it will take to win the critical Iowa Caucuses.
We have to have somebody that will express conservative views of course and Im looking for somebody that is very Reaganesque, she said. "Someone that can reach all aspects of our voting population here in America."
She also defended the relevance of the seemingly beleaguered Iowa Straw Poll, which was won last election cycle by former Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and is being skipped this year by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/iowa-sen-joni-ernst-shes-kingmaker-vp-door/story?id=31590608
irisblue
(33,023 posts)whatta maroon!
Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)...and considering her great familiarity with hogs (especially their testicles), that seems like a job she'd enjoy a lot more.
erpowers
(9,350 posts)Making Joni Ernst the Republican Vice Presidential candidate would be just as bad as John McCain's decision to pick Sarah Palin as his VP. I do not think Ernst being a woman hurts her. Just like Sarah Palin being a woman did not hurt her in 2008. It is Ernst seeming to be a stupid person and possibly loose cannon that could hurt her and anyone she runs with. Sarah Palin probably did not cost John McCain the 2008 election, but I do think she hurt his chances once she began to speak and get questioned. There is a good chance the same thing will happen if Joni Ernst is selected as the 2016 Republican Vice Presidential candidate.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Maintaining that bright line between being a reporter and a gossip columnist. Well played, journalist asking dumb question.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)They don't need the pig-castrating ditz and her goofy-ass smile. She'd be almost as bad as Sarah Palin.
DFW
(54,436 posts)Sarah Palin."
I don't know if she would decide to resent that or be relieved...................