Here are the odds Betfair.com is giving on who will be the Republican Vice President on the 2008 ticket:
Sarah Palin 1.7 to 1. She is not even 2 to 1! What do they know? She was 8 to 1 yesterday. This either means they know something, or tons of money is coming in betting on her. Rush Limbaugh has endorsed her so maybe the volume betting on her is from his radio audience.
Mitt Romney 2.12 to 1.
Kay Bailey Hutchinsen 2.16 to 1.
Condeleezza Rice 3.05 to 1. (3 out of 4 front runners are women.)
Tom Pawlenty 3.15 to 1.
Tom Ridge 7 to 1.
Joe Lieberman 12.5 to 1.
Rudy Giuliani 21 to 1.
Mike Huckabee 21 to 1.
Charlie Crist 50 to 1.
John Kasich 210 to 1.
Fred Thompson 310 to 1.
For bang for the buck I would bet 50 to 1 with Crist, then 21 to 1 on Huckabee, and I would throw $5 on Kasich. Palin would be my prime choice but the odds are not high enough.
Showing posts with label John Kasich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Kasich. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
That's the Ticket!
As news stories that John McCain is holding a weekend retreat with VP contenders to help facilitate his decision on who shares the ticket with him, I have a perfect VP candidate that is being overlooked:
Former 9-Term Ohio Congressman John Kasich. My reasons are as follows:
http://www.johnkasich.com/
1) He has national name recognition and is known through his “Heartland” show on the Fox News Channel, coming into millions of homes every night and establishing an anchorman’s relationship of trust.
2) With this show, he has elevated his communication skills to that of a broadcaster and has polished the ability to talk to the common man in his language. Through this show he is abreast of all the issues that may come up in a VP debate.
3) He is a favorite son of, and very popular in, Ohio, which no Republican presidential candidate has ever been elected to the office of the Presidency without winning. The danger here is that current Ohio Democratic Governor Ted
Strickland is very popular and is on Obama’s short list.for VP.
4) He is from a working class, Catholic background and will appeal to the middle class “Reagan Democrats”(Kasich is now non-denominational evangelical). With the last two elections being so close, the swing vote becomes a major issue. Kasich is also of Slovak decent that will have appeal in western Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is also a battle ground state with 21 electoral votes. Kasich grew up in Pennsylvania before becoming a Buckeye at Ohio State. Chicago and Milwaukee also have large Slovak demographics.
5) He will sure up the social conservative base that McCain needs, but who acknowledge McCain as a moderate conservative as best. Kasich is thought as one of their own.
6) Kasich was Chariman of the Ways and Means Committee while in Congress where he balanced the budget and his reputation as a hawk will make fiscal conservatives happy. Note that he is also enough of a Washington insider to run this committee.
7) He is squeaky clean in reputation, no baggage. He has a mantra that he stumps with often that he is “son of a mailman”, in other words of humble descent. Honesty just beams from his face, and his lanky-ness is Lincoln-esque.
It would be a perfect pick.
Former 9-Term Ohio Congressman John Kasich. My reasons are as follows:
http://www.johnkasich.com/
1) He has national name recognition and is known through his “Heartland” show on the Fox News Channel, coming into millions of homes every night and establishing an anchorman’s relationship of trust.
2) With this show, he has elevated his communication skills to that of a broadcaster and has polished the ability to talk to the common man in his language. Through this show he is abreast of all the issues that may come up in a VP debate.
3) He is a favorite son of, and very popular in, Ohio, which no Republican presidential candidate has ever been elected to the office of the Presidency without winning. The danger here is that current Ohio Democratic Governor Ted
Strickland is very popular and is on Obama’s short list.for VP.4) He is from a working class, Catholic background and will appeal to the middle class “Reagan Democrats”(Kasich is now non-denominational evangelical). With the last two elections being so close, the swing vote becomes a major issue. Kasich is also of Slovak decent that will have appeal in western Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is also a battle ground state with 21 electoral votes. Kasich grew up in Pennsylvania before becoming a Buckeye at Ohio State. Chicago and Milwaukee also have large Slovak demographics.
5) He will sure up the social conservative base that McCain needs, but who acknowledge McCain as a moderate conservative as best. Kasich is thought as one of their own.
6) Kasich was Chariman of the Ways and Means Committee while in Congress where he balanced the budget and his reputation as a hawk will make fiscal conservatives happy. Note that he is also enough of a Washington insider to run this committee.
7) He is squeaky clean in reputation, no baggage. He has a mantra that he stumps with often that he is “son of a mailman”, in other words of humble descent. Honesty just beams from his face, and his lanky-ness is Lincoln-esque.
It would be a perfect pick.
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