Robert Novak explains why Mitt Romney is such an attractive electoral and political choice for John McCain as his vice-presidential nominee — it is all due to Michigan with 17 electoral votes. If McCain can take Michigan away from Obama, then the plausibility of Obama getting 271 electoral votes to win the presidency becomes a long-shot. So Michigan is worth the investment for McCain. Here is Novak’s opinion on this matter –
“The principal reason why former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has climbed to the top of Sen. John McCain’s practical wish list for vice president is the possibility that he could bring Michigan’s 17 electoral votes to the Republicans for the first time since 1988.
Private polls show Romney could make all the difference in Michigan. A McCain-Romney ticket carries the state by a moderately comfortable margin. With any other running mate, McCain loses Michigan.
George Romney, Mitt’s father, was a Detroit auto executive and the popular three-term governor of Michigan. The younger Romney won the 2008 primary in Michigan over McCain, who had won there in 2000 against George W. Bush.”
Tags: Barack Obama, George Romney, George W. Bush, John McCain, Michigan, Mitt Tomney, Robert Novak
July 27, 2008 at 1:01 am
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