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Subscribe to RSSWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Making her first appearance on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, Senator Kelly Ayotte, a New Hampshire Republican, said she is more ready to be president than Barack Obama was when he was a sitting senator.
"I have, some would say, better experience than Barack Obama had when he was a senator and ran” for president, Ayotte told David Gregory.
The freshman senator and former attorney general for New Hampshire, Ayotte said having served as the "chief law enforcement officer" of her state and on the Senate Armed Services Committee has given her that experience needed to be president – or perhaps vice president.
New Hampshire's junior senator has been discussed as a potential vice presidential pick for the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney. Asked whether she would "like to be on the ticket" with Romney in November, Ayotte didn't shut down the idea.
"Well it's an honor to be mentioned in that vein but my focus is on serving New Hampshire and there's so many good candidates out there that Gov. Romney has to choose from," Ayotte said, recalling the names of two fellow senators, as well -- Marco Rubio of Florida and Rob Portman of Ohio. "So he's got a lot of great choices."
Last week, Romney held an event with Ayotte in Portsmouth, N.H. which was viewed by many as a tryout of sorts for the no. 2 spot on the Republican ticket.
Romney campaigns with Ayotte in New Hampshire amid short list speculation
This morning speaking on Decision 2012 roundtable at Meet the Press, Ayotte said Romney must choose a VP with whom he is comfortable, who is ready to serve as president, and who brings to the ticket not only geographical benefits but also knowledge of the issues.
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Mark Thomas-371822
I have to assume that you agree that it was not Bush's fault for the financial meltdown since you did not bother to respond to the reasons I posted.
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Yeah lets talk about crap Steven100 because your historical comment was full of it! And also lacking a few little details you innocently I am sure left out, like: "A certian president who shall remain name less (Oh Steve don't hide your head in the Bushes, just because I don't feel the need to needesly point fingers and say who it is!) well this president who ran up the tab for TWO wars over the span of 8 years, killed a 800 billion+ surplus left to him by a previous democratic president, deregulated in the name of your saintly "capitalist government" until our countrty was brought to its knees fiscally and Preident Obama had to step into the worst econmic disaster since the great depression! And even with a do nothing republican congress has consistanly had 28 straight months of job creation growth!
WAIT I should back up here and be fair that do nothing republican congress I mentioned HAVE managed introduced 44 bills on abortion, brought our credit rating down from AA to A while trying to kill Planned parenthood (you know those damn pesky low income women and their darn medical issues!!), have tried to decied weather or not women deserve birth control, Oh yeah and have rejected EACH EVERY attempt made by democrats to pass any jobs bill to put people back to work!
Meanwhile they do feel ther are too many on welfare and food stamps so they want to cut funding to those programs!!
Hows that for some history Steve?? I love to go on but sadly I do not have the time to further educate you and you're magical history books that seemingly leave out the real facts and history crap!
RE-3430894
Where was there an 800 billion+ surplus. I haven't seen it. Do you have links. I have links showing where the source of the Clinton surplus ended taking around 5 trillion out of the economy.
Where did Bush deregulate the banking industry that caused the sub prime credit crisis. Do you have links to that information. I have links showing it was done during the Clinton administration.
Are you liberals that dumb or are you just pathological liars?
no Rick your broken record tells how limited your knowledge is and you did not follow RE's argument. The sub prime melt down occurred primarily due to the hands off atmosphere to big business thatBush created. True during the Clinton administration with a Republican Congress the seeds of the economic blow out was sown. However at the stage when Bush came into office alot of what had happened could have been avoided if someone was lookiing harder at those banking practices from 2001 on. The supllus was real even Republicans can admit to that so when you neocons attack Obama for wasteful spending just think of what happened during Bush to first lose the surplus through spending and then add to the defecit before Obama came into office. When they compare deficits between Obama and Bush you repugnants kind of forget the 800 billion of surplus Bush bruned through.
Nothing new here - smack talk, fortune telling, & back-handed insults delivered with words the speaker doesn't even understand. I was talkin' about the politicians. So Mr. & Mrs. self-righteous indignation, keep your head in the sand & your 'backside' in the herd.
lol, everyone is more experienced than Obama was. Sadly, this statement is like saying one has better morals than a hooker, pretty much no bar to clear there.
Nice one Sarah. I don't have to post now.
"Some would say" that she's a more experienced VP candidate than Sarah Palin. But that wouldn't be saying much.
SArah Palin is far more qualified than Obama, which isn't surprising. About 200 million Americans are better qualified than Obama to be president, the proven incompetent.
Ya Sarah everyone is more experienced than Omama was which is exactly what makes it so damn funny when the repubs and the fix news junkies can only try and take cheap shots and sabatoge him because they can't keep up or match up!
Well finally it has come down to put up or shut up! So you know what repubs have put up ??? There best man!! Mitt fricken Romney the joke of the universe!!! Talk about the morals and general habits of a hooker! hahaha!
Better get used to President MITT !! Seen the polls today?
You get use to him when you get him, Dasvet. I'm quite sure he is gonna be just what you are looking for.
Obama was not what any thinking American was looking for either. Romney will have far more than 8% in his administration with economic experience in the private sector. That is the lowest, by far, 22%, lower than any presidency in our history. Just look at the economy, and see what 8% experienced has gotten us. If there is an election, Obama will lose, but with the skirting of the Constitution, by this charlatan, it is not a foregone conclusion that we will have that election in November. Obama will not honor any election, and will not leave the White House peacefully.
Dasvet as you know private industries have always used the government as their main customer. Ask HP, GM, any and all defense contractors. The food industry sprang forward cause of the war efforts. Yeah, I can see it now another war being waged on a business matrix. Yeah you will understand it when you get it. Then of course the GOP will tongue in cheek lie to you again and you will suck it up. You will watch business snatch the Constitution out of your hand cause corporation are people. Have learned the lesson yet Dasvet. May God have mercy on your soul.
You are self-named very well. Are you saying that ALL private industry's main customer is the government? That is ludicrous. Didn't people have to eat before the government bought food from the farmer? Businesses are the life blood of our country, and having 8% of an administration with any business experience is a recipe for disaster. This administration doesn't have enough business experience to even recognize a balance sheet. Foot doctors are not capable of brain surgery.
Dumb a@s poll. You will lose for the next 16 years.
"Sen. Kelly Ayotte: I have 'better experience than Barack Obama had'"
Irrelevant at best, as Sen. Ayotte's political aspirations appear to be.
By her logic, Washington's and Lincoln's private/public sector experience, both as land surveyors, the former a generalof the Army, and the latter a lawyer, qualify her above them as well.
And I somehow just don't think that's the case.
Gcooper.......Obama was never even a private of any armed forces.
@ L. Snyder
OBAMA 11/6/2012!
You Don't have the #'s for that
Even the college kids are abandoning the godman deity.
9000 in atendance in a 20,000 plus venue in Ohio.
People going door to door to boost support for your guy? oops did not work..
David Axlerod looked like a deer in the headlights yesterday.
raats running down the anchor rope in droves. too funny to even laugh at.
And it will get even worse for your guy by november
It is out of your control libbies, sorry if this causes you some emotional distress however, there will be programs in place to help you deal with it. Let not your heart be troubled the rest of us will be there to lend you our support during your re-assimilation into productive society
vote 2012
So who cares if she has more experience? It is not the experience you have it is what you do with it. And Romney is taking credit for the car bailout? Next thing you know he will say it was his idea to go to Pakistan to get Bin Laden. Isn't it funny how the main thing the republicans wanted to do Obama did but now it isn't important anymore. They would rather have failure. Probably failure of businesses is how Romney got his money. That might explain why failure seems so allluring to him. Let's hope his campaign is the biggest failure ever!
ktlin 20
Is that really what you believe? *just checking*
It's good to have a Clairvoyant psychic in the house.
Our American dream is being eroded right before our eyes.
However you are so entrenched in the Ostrich syndrome that you are unable to see what is pointed straight at your posterior ready to blow off your tail feathers.
just sayin
Vote ABO
sweetie, what have you been smoking? I think ou should stay with the Rebublican line and stay home, be in the kitchen, be bafrefort and pregnant. You will never be VP or anything else. You and your extremist views shall, in the long term, fail. At Obama is a constitutiional law professor, what are you, a Julia Child proxi? Stay in NH and shoot a squirel for posterity.
Great! Now all you have to do is commit to running for office, fund a campaign, plan tours, attend rallies, press conferences, interviews, and debates, and... I know there was something else... Oh yeah! : ...WIN.
You didn't run, so you can't contend. If you don't contend, you can't win. On that note, how is any of this relevant to the subject of Barrack Obama...?
Great! Now all you have to do is commit to running for office, fund a campaign, plan tours, attend rallies, press conferences, interviews, and debates, and... I know there was something else... Oh yeah! : ...WIN.
You didn't run, so you can't contend. If you don't contend, you can't win. On that note, how is any of this relevant to the subject of Barrack Obama...?
Ayotte=Palin part two
You have GOT to be kidding me. Ayotte was an absolute and totally clueless wannabe as AG in New Hampshire. Sure, she'll spout off about sending murderers away, which had MUCH more do to with due process and NOTHING to do with her as AG. Thousands of New Hampshire homeowners were scammed and ripped off on her watch and she did absolutely NOTHING!!
When you havesomeone as incompetent as Obama to defend with such a lousy record in office, his supporters are left with few options other than making excuses, personal attacks and trying to shift blame onto someone else.
Hiliary is secretly saying in her head you go that right Kelly!
Obama's lack of experience is so glaring that it will cause his down fall.
I would take Kelly Ayotte over Obama any day of the week, and any minute of any hour...well unless we were playing golf or basketball....I might chose Obama for that.
Tea bagger.
My, My, how intelligent, Black!! Know mo than two words?
Kelly don't fool yourself, in 2007-2008 what were you doing "oh in law enforcement in the state of NH". Sweetie some think being igronant has become envogue in the GOP, but it is not envogue to the rest of the country or the rest of the world! It would be great if Mitt picked you! but he can't decide LOL!
ABO 2012.....
Hahaha! President Twit err Mitt I mean even though it's the same difference will NEVER be a reality! Just remember you heard it here first skippy! lol
She like the rest of the GOP - SOS - Stuck on Stupid
with their megla-maniac personalities believe everything as true if it's from their party talkin points and obstruction is a tactic rather than look out for the best interest of the country. Just like her co-conspirators logic is not their best attribute but belonging to the right money sponsors fuel their agendas regardless of morality or ethics.
Please don't claim to be the lip stick pig - we already seen the grizzly mom SP - quit representing decent women as being SOS.
WTFHAPPENED
Uh Oh.
Here comes another Sarah Palin - plank stupid, white-entitlement, bigoted "I can see our enemies from my house"...
Better qualified?
LMFAO
not even in MY REALITY, you dumb bitch.
You couldn't pay me enough to vote for this idiot.
Not ever.
That's the way I feel about Obama
Who would have thought that the affliction suffered by McCain and Graham was contagious?
Ms Ayotte has left rails ladies and gentlemen.