I hate to say it: if Romney taps Rubio, the Presidency is his.

[MannyGoldstein]

History is pretty clear here - selecting a minority member, or a member of an otherwise-oppressed class, wins elections.

Gerry Ferraro, 1984.

Joe Lieberman, 2000.

Sarah Palin, 2008.

Questions?

[SoutherDem]

1. I thought for a minute you were serious

I was ready for a debate.

You got me.

[Zalatix]

8. Yup, I got suckered, too.

[Turbineguy]

14. Yes

there was that cold feeling between the shoulder blades. Good one!

[leftyohiolib]

2. me too , i walked in here with both guns drawn ready to go,

i'm happier to share a laugh

[Nye Bevan]

3. Alaskan = minority? (nt)

[MannyGoldstein]

4. Good point - I'll update nt

[NYC_SKP]

6. No. Nitwit = minority.

[Zalatix]

9. A large minority, judging by how many idiots voted for Palin/McCain

[AnotherMcIntosh]

23. Diebold

[EFerrari]

18. Women are a minority in public office.

Nitwits, not so much.

[Control-Z]

5. It's been a long time since one of your posts

hasn't pissed me off. This time I wasn't going to stand for it.

Nice post, MannyGoldstein. You made me smile. Thanks.

[MannyGoldstein]

10. Welcome to the dark side

Spend some time

[lonestarnot]

7. Why I oughta

your butt.

[limpyhobbler]

11. It worked in '08, Joe Biden is the first Catholic Vice-President

Which I never thought about before just now.

[Life Long Dem]

12. He can't even answer questions on immigration.

He would be called a fake. Thanks to Obama for putting Romney in a spot.

[BlueCaliDem]

13. You got me good, Manny. I hope you're having fun!

[Kalidurga]

15. I was all like...

Oh geez another concern troll, then I was all like lol.

[nevergiveup]

16. I don't drink much but I downed two shots of Jack Daniels

before opening this post and now I am half drink and have no where to go. Damn you , Manny!

[madashelltoo]

17. Got me too, damnit!

[progressivebydesign]

19. haha. thanks, First thing I did was see how many posts you had...

..then I read your entire comment. Hilarious.

[Moonwalk]

20. Interesting that it's Vice President that Causes the Problem....

I mean, if we're counting Catholics as a minority, then Kennedy got the Presidency before Biden got Vice, and, heck, we've got Obama there as a President.

Not saying that minority Presidential candidates are sure winners (obviously not), just pointing out how odd it is that we've had minority presidents before minority vice presidents in at least two instances. And I wouldn't be surprised if we get a woman president before we get a woman vice president

[spanone]

21. now that's some funny shit!

[NoMittens]

22. that being said... i wish obama would replace biden

biden's a nice guy but obama could do himself a lot of good with a 'knock out' vp choice...i just can't think of who...any suggestions?

[emulatorloo]

24. Biden.

For one thing he is a great campaigner, and a great speaker. No better advocate for the principles of fairness and equality, he makes it real to people with his heartfelt way of talking.