WASHINGTON, 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.


..and of course David Gregory failed to ask her if that also included Sarah Palin--but somebody will; betcha....
@Little Ben Crapping In His Diapers,
A: If you think that Mittens leading by 1% in the FOX/Rasmussen poll (funny how all you Right Wing asshats leave the FOX part off that poll,just as you leave the Wall Street Journal part off the NBC/WSJ poll...),the most Right leaning national polling site in the country is a good thing for Mittens than you're even stupider than I've previously given you credit for being,and trust me numb nuts we're talking bag of rocks stupid.
B: Even beyond that we don't elect Presidents by a POPULAR vote,we have a little thing called the ELECTORAL COLLEGE. Try looking into Mittens numbers in the key battle ground states versus Obama's and tell me where you see Mittens having a path to the White House. It COULD happen sure,but Obama has a much clearer path with many more opportunities. Mittens will have to basically bat .1000 in the states he needs to contend in for him to win. A lackluster campaigner who's about as people friendly as a stinky fart versus an engaging incumbent I wish him luck on that front.
C: You have been on here for 7 hours roughly posting the same infantile drivel over and over again. Just like any other day. The only "LOL" here is you and the sad,pathetic existence you must lead. I would feel sorry for you if you weren't such a useless douche.
@ fisty & feinds
Do not believe that your immaculate Deity BHO will be occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Past January 20th 2013
His 2008 hypocritical hopey changey demonstration that led him into the oval office was merely a fallacy of lies aimed squarely at those who would willing consume his Koolaide of deceit. Someone who’s major in college was in Political campaigning with a minor in community agitation. “ No matter what his multiple degrees and PHD’s read that is what he studied. “ He cannot be deemed or believed trustworthy for any Truly admirable leadership Qualities therefore it”s back to Billy & Bernie’s for some more tutelage on campaigning for radical idea log’s Carrot top "funny" fisty crimson you gonna be there? at his coming home bash at bill's.
You do not have the numbers this time.
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 ley not your heart be troubled the rest of us will be there to lend you our support during your re-assimilation into productive society
Get ready American’s
If you can UN-embed yourself from your ostrich syndrome long enough to position yourselves for the coming inevitable economic boom. Be it more specific interrelated education & or skill-set training relating to the domestic energy industry jobs that Will be available. Specifically Oil & natural gas production, transportation, distribution. Secondly electric energy i.e. wind, hydroelectric, nuclear & coal. This is the will of many millions of Americans and it Will Come to fruition. Christmas time 2012 will be good, 2013 will be excellent ! Resistance is Futile,----> 4ward
Thirty million directly related &100 million indirect support jobs over the next 10 to 15 years in this country alone. This being a conservative estimate...
This being a conservative estimate.
YEA! WE CAN ALL GO TO WORK TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY.
If You are Happy or not, I'm with Happy!
Romney will never win, he is not fit to lick Obamas shoe. Oh and your just wrong crazy or both.
Do you grow your own stuff or do you buy it downtown??
IF you think that OFFSHORE ROMNEY and his MEGA BUCK JET SET of Vulture Capitalists are REMOTELY APPEALING to the American Electorate, then you have to be smoking SOMETHING....
The WARTIME PREZ just got another two TERRORISTS with the OBAMA DRONE FORCE....and the rest of them are looking over their shoulder....and YOU are going to compare this with ROMNEY'S "BAIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT" "experience"???
Good luck buddy.... Gonna pull votes from outta your _____???
OBAMA 2012!!!
Agreed whole hearted!! Obama out in 2012!!!
I hope he picks Condoleezza Rice!
She's too smart to be associated with Romney. However, 2016 could be a Rice/Clinton race! Can you imagine the reaction to not only two women running for President but a black woman, too! The South might secede from the Union again.
good idea jen 883 lol
I Certainly agree he is the first Marxist President in the United States of America’s history. I feel it is sad that his crowning legacy will be limited to just that one triumphant achievement. However campaigning for elected office is all he, really knows how to do. Look how successful he has been so far at leading this country down the Cloward & Piven path. His next gig should be Maharajah of the world. No one at the United Nations will oppose him on that and then he can run a campaign against God for control of the entire universe of eternity. Sorry though that will not be historic, because that has already been tried and doomed to failure. Just like his presidency will be seen as failure. First by his minions for not getting the transformation job done. Secondly by Patriotic American’s who ‘s core values run concurrent with the tenets espoused and enumerated in The Constitution of the United States of America. For the utterly ridiculous waste of time and wastefulness perpetrated upon and against the freedom loving people of this country for these past 3+ years.
Sorry sister, NOT, your side doesn't have the numbers this time.
VOTE ANYYYYYONE BUT OBAMA
Stupid, scarey and twisted you must be a victim of fox news. Take back control of your mind!
Obama has been called a socialist, Marxist, communist, fascist, and every other 'ist' in the dictionary. These terms are contradictory. Labeling Obama with more than one of these 'ists' simply displays ignorance of political theories, but surely must make those posting these terms happy.
republicans won't be happy until middle america is living in tents and willing to work for 3.50 a day
@"convenientliesyoubelieve": What a load of bull@!$%#. @Sen.Ayotte: what a load of convenient lies you believe.
This stupid woman is republican and will say anything to stroke the rights talking points. Funny how all the republicans say in one way or another " well we are certainly better than a black guy". So sick to watch.
@golittle0
Miserable aren't you
You progs should not count to much on your anonymity you are not totally anonymous that's a hint Fisty.?RED Roselle ill. ????????????????? what
Every, thing that BHO, Axlerod & DNC along with the willing participation of mainstream media is calculated in a political application format. From what Barack eats for breakfast right down to how he ties his shoes.
I mean everything there is controlled, handled viewed thru/with political machine precision they are not living like real people, more like just acting out a movie script. Hillary Rosen was just the latest actress to play her part in this for public consumption epic presentation of "FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION" The Movie \ sadly it's a Reality show that has dire consequences. However this is being played out in real life so there are variables. but when reality kicks in they have a innumerable team of production assistants and damage control specialists to spin the script the way they need to for the most politically expedient and correct(in their eyes) public relations & manipulation outcome.
All this being a Gross disservice and maniacal wrong perpetrated on firstly the American people and for that matter the entire world. Case in point; fast and furious op. resulting in our own immigration official being killed. (granted the criminals that killed him would have used any weapon available fact remains it was a gun traced to f&f op.) Also countless hundreds or even thousands people in central and south America affected by this. Not much outrage displayed or Legal ramification reported in mainstream media. { keep it quiet} convenient lies!
Another point: trillions in debt, especially wasted money sent to political cronies for failed and still failing propositions (won’t elaborate any more than that you know what I mean.)
Bottom line is America, you/we can continue to just play a part in this fallacy or we can collectively roll the credits on this flick. And move on to a Reality based upon truth, justice and the American exceptionalism that has honestly propelled us thru well over 200 years of prosperity unseen anywhere else in world history.
vote 2012
@bytchasspunkhidingbehindtheconvienenceofhiscomputer
Wow,just wow. Did you really just threaten a woman on here? Telling Feisty not to count on her anonymity? Just wow.
Tell you what phucknuts. You're a little dick having,no guts,delusional punk. Threaten a woman in public and see what the Hell happens to your bytch ass.
PUNK!!!
@ bigbad kw=2983735
shout back at cha
you are so predictable
icu whinnying like a miniature shetland stomping your little hooves in your own fecal matter dragging your phallus thru the dirt my little pony whine elsewhere won't work here mr. eohippus (all lower case) just to make u feel Big my little pony
you dont have the #'s this time.
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 anyway
dear convenient....thank you for the lovely christian sentiments.....no wonder everyone thinks repubs are the party of haters.....you guys are against abortion because you wanna have lots of kids to bully
@bytchasspunkhidingbehindtheconveniceofhiscomputer
Nice try at deflection. Just more of your dopey ass "assimilation" crap.
So tell me genius---to "assimilate" back into the workforce,as you suggest,should I sell MY small business and thus deprive MY employees of work?
YOU,conveniently a puss,are the predictable one. My post had ZERO to do with your other ramblings,it was solely about YOU making a veiled threat towards Feisty here. And you roundly and completely ignored the content of my post and the calling you out for what you truly are---a cowardly,small minded bully.
But then I guess if I were as sorry a person as yourself I wouldn't want to address anyone directly and would just retreat into my opinions that I lifted from someone else also.
Marxist? do you even know what that means? It's just such a stupid thing to say you embarrass yourself.
big@go ho ho ho
Conscience, honestly is it way to much to ask for people to be responsible enough to get a job and make their way thru life by the fruits of their own labor. or is it to late for that since they have been told so much that they are victim's of the cruel establishment and have virtually given up and deem it pointless to even try to succeed. Yet lets squeeze out another baby, and let the baby daddy off the hook and go on welfare three or six or eight times. Possibly if this country had more people working we could afford and tolerate these pets if they would wash their crotch and behind their ears stay off drugs and teach their kids the same. but NO we apparently love this enslaved dependency class for their vote if in fact they can get off the c-pipe long enough to do so. Perhaps we can get the President to mandate "professional welfare recipient" drug testing every 3 or 4 months or maybe he should mandate( i mean forget passing a bill in to law ) that p.w.r.'s must work for their sty-pen possibly form another czar position and an entire sub bureaucracy under health an human services to regulate and control p.w.r.with the work hard incentive program W.H.I.P. Would this give them an incentive to maybe get a private sector set of skills and move up from their babysitting and 1000 diaper changes a week job for the Gov't... Idle hands are the devils workshop. or how about picking up trash on the side of the road under D.O.T. czar hell I bet we could all work for the gov't some could whip and some could work oh wait strike that we already tried that 150 years ago they put a stop to that in this country. However it is still in existence else where in this world, I guess we joined the enlightened ones I don't know. "JUST SAYING" get a jobbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbig OOOOOOOOOOO
Barack Obama's attempt to implement a contemporary version of the Cloward & Piven plan must be defeated November 6th.
The Cloward-Piven strategy - first proposed in 1966 - seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse. Application of this strategy contributed greatly to the turmoil of the late Sixties. Cloward-Piven failed to usher in socialism, but it succeeded in generating an economic crisis and in escalating the level of political violence in America - two cherished goals of hard-Left strategists.
free at last! VOTE out bho in NOV.
Cloward and Piven, husband and wife, were both sociologists who believed that Utopia could be achieved if every citizen received a guaranteed wage. I don't think their theory, as you write, 'succeeded in generating an economic crisis . . ." It did, however likely generate a few rolling eyes and polite laughter.
seriously, obama's a communist, a fascist, ( a pauper and king) a wall street puppet, a high finance destroyer, a job maker, a job killer....all you guys do it whine
when you guys decided to bring down obama (on his inauguration day) do you realize you were working AGAINST the wishes of the people?
stop doing this...it's costing me a fortune in campaign donations!
@ tes
Kinda funny though miss lib.
Senator Ayotte wont be taped for VP, but it gives people like you something to talk/complain about laf laf at the poor progies ha ha !!!
Do you really believe so profoundly in your omniscient sagacious erudite Deity BHO, that the culminations so rationalize any and every means obligatory to further proliferate his probable face in the mirror cocaine séance induced utopian idealistic fanatical fantasy based sociopolitical thesis of fallacious bovine excrement??? Or are you so egoistically entrenched in your own narcissistically conceived shamelessly brazen ignorance of reality that lures your perpetually focused Agape with incontrovertible veneration of this polemical self-proclaimed transformative savior of superficially hypocritical evenhanded fairness ???
I only come here when I want to play rough, my good little cyberbabe
You progs should not count to much on your anonymity you are not totally anonymous that's a hint Fisty.?RED Roselle ill. ????????????????? what
4444ward &^>o()__what? look petro
Vote Abo
I love your cute little sweet hat....you know....the one with all the little TEA BAGS stapled to it.
It brings out your feminine side....unlike that TIN FOIL HAT that you wear the rest of the time....
And now that you brought it up, WHEN IS ROMNEY GOING TO RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS??? You know, the one's where he lists his OFFSHORE ASSETS IN THE CAYMAN ISLANDS and his Swiss BANK ACCOUNTS ??? And WHY would he have those accounts ANYWAY???
You get DOWNWIND of Mittens Romney and there is a large odor of DEAD FISH.....
Thanks, liar, for that superfluous windbaggery that you think passes for intelligent conversation. Despite your over wordification of completely false lies that liars lie about no one but the ignorant or the paranoid is buying the shovelings of your hero, El Crapitan! Has he tied any dogs to the roof of his car lately?
carefull convenient, blow back is a bitch....
That is bubblegum wrappers to you I H T B
Get ready American’s
If you can UN-embed yourself from your ostrich syndrome long enough to position yourselves for the coming inevitable economic boom. Be it more specific interrelated education & or skill-set training relating to the domestic energy industry jobs that Will be available. Specifically Oil & natural gas production, transportation, distribution. Secondly electric energy i.e. wind, hydroelectric, nuclear & coal. This is the will of many millions of Americans and it Will Come to fruition. Christmas time 2012 will be good, 2013 will be excellent ! Resistance is Futile,----> 4ward
Thirty million directly related &100 million indirect support jobs over the next 10 to 15 years in this country alone. This being a conservative estimate...
YEA! WE CAN ALL GO TO WORK TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY.
If You are Happy or not, I'm with Happy!
have fun in Our future.
It is going to be GREAT in spite of you!
vote
Is she supposed to be another women to appease the Republicans? Kind of like Palin.
no
lies: you are right. Women are WAY too smart to buy the crap that Romny is shoveling. Everyone knows he just wants them to shut up and vote for him or he'll tie them to the roof of his car.
anonymity,anonymous not oyu r ? playr <0>*=#
vote
???
It's good to have a Clairvoyant psychic in the house.
but,thanx 4 the crstl bal stuf 4444ward ho
vote
Been hearing things?
I'm a relative recent visitor to this site and I don't have the time to review every post on every news story. Being conservative, I see a liberal bent to the reporters who frequently contribute, but I visit to learn more of the liberal point of view. Candidly, it is discouraging to see the frequent drivel (from both sides) and the childish, obscenity laden barbs – it is tedious to wade through.
@convenientlies: The vocabulary in your posts is impressive and your point of view thought provoking, and although it is unlikely that you convinced any of those who frequently post to the site one way or another, visitors with open minds may go away more informed. May I make some suggestions?
1 – Don’t fall into the trap of replying to idiots in like manner – it dilutes your message. Respond when the challenge is valid with reason and courtesy.
2- To those who frequently post here, 4444ward &^>o()__what? look petro, or perhaps anonymity,anonymous not oyu r ? playr <0>*=# may have significance but it detracts from a serious argument.
3 – Present your posts professionally; #57.2 seemed to be a copy and paste. It may not have been, and you may choose to do so on occasion but attribute it properly, if you must. In any event, maintain a consistent font and style. Take pride in your contribution.
4 – You may feel a need to post the same message more than once, but allow a reasonable time interval. You can always refer back to a recent post by the number in the lower left.
I am not a moderator by any stretch – just my observation . . .
Thank you Ken for sharing, now sit down and stfu....
When the truth about Mittens begins to ooze out people will run from this lying liar who lies. Hey Mitt tell us again how you "saved the Olympics" .... with BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars.
It really doesn't matter now, does it? After the greedy small-minded Republican incompetence of Bush who left us nearly bankrupt and in the toilet we needed a leader and we needed one bad. America is extremely lucky to have been blessed with a president as wise and competent as Barack Obama. I don't care where he came from or how. All I care about is that we got the leader we needed when we needed him. You can be sure I will vote him on for another four years.
Blind leading the blind in other words.
Bigbenalaska, everyone knows the rassmussen polls are republican polls,so what your'e saying is 46% of republicans will vote for Obama?
And as for Ms.Ayotte, what does the "chief law enforcement" offical in New Hampshire actually do? Bust kids for stealing hubcaps? Stop illegal maple syrup theft? Keep Ted Nugent from putting out salt-licks? I read about the hard core criminal element in N.H. all the time. NOT
It seems like Romney is interviewing candidates for VP every day, but most of the ones who could help him are avoiding him,as they don't want to be branded losers.
My only question is, "What does that have to say about Mitt's credentials" Senator Kelly Ayotte? What you suggest about Obama speaks volumes about Mitt's lack of experience as well huh?...And btw, if the American taxpayers did not bail out Wall Street, do you think Mitt would be running for office, or would he be as broke as 99% of us?
@notsosmart Romney was not a wall street banker. He received no bail out money. At the time he had finished serving as Gov. of Mass and was running in the Republican Presidential primary. As a governor of a state he is an executive who runs a government under a constitution. In the case of Massachusetts he had to work with a Democratic Congress and Senate which he did successfully. Obama obviously is not willing to work with the "other side" he has not successfully worked to pass legislation with the Congress and Senate or to even pass a budget. This is what the American people need they don't need a President who rules by by "fiat" (executive order).
Round and round we go. Better this Senator, better that Democrat, better that Republican. United we stand, divided we fall. Tom Brokaw nailed it when he said the media has gone to far by attending state dinners and fancy affairs with the politicians ....by implication making the American people look like "pee on's". The discussion of who is better qualified and the discussion of social issues are netting this country a big fat zero. Media mogul's like David Gregory love to play this game but Tim Russert would have gotten to the heart of the matter and unfolded the truth to the American people. We need another Tim Russert.
Umm Dee your eyes must be getting blurry from the right wing flatulence filling the air.
Whats wrong with Ayotte's voting record ??? Well apperantly she like you since your defending her thinks voting "Aginst" renewing the Violence aginst womens act is acceptable! Heck I'm not even a women and I know it's not right, fair or acceptable to vote it down!
As for Obama's vote you & I are only here to be able to dicuss it cause we're living it cookie!
Equal Pay for women
Avoiding the worst recession ever and complimenting that with 28 straight months of job growth after a republican and the GOP's failed ways almost set us and our country into a bottomless pit! But more deregulation just like Georgie Bush did it, and Romney and the GOP want to!! Right Dee ?!?!
Obama has reduced the number of free nukes and nuclear material in the WORLD by over 50% making sure if ANY group including republican radicals ever wants to attack this country again they won't do it with a nuke!
But the BEST most incontrovertiable and perhaps most compelling reason anyone could ever give for 4 more years with President Barack Obama as OUR president is Mr. 1% himself! Mitt Romney! Or as many probably know him Mr. etch-a-sketch (See he's so dern popular amongst Americans he's got at least three names we all know him by! Open your eyes Dee before it's too late and you drink ALL the Fox News talking points koolaid!
YUP! What jennifer883 said:OBAMA 2012!
Wow talk about crap. Better pick up a history book. It is the Democrat's that history shows that they, with it's social programs that support people who are able bodied to work, and pay taxes have run this country into the ground.
People have the "I am entitled" attitude because the social Democratic's have pushed socialism for the last 50 years and look where it has gotten not only us, but Europe as well.
We are NOT a socialist government we are a capitalist government. When our Congress and a President get their heads out of their butts and remember that, then and only then will we make progress again.
But this article is right on. Any one with a 4 year college degree is as qualified as Obama was to run this country.
An unemployed dog catcher has more "experience" than the Pathetic Hussein Zero did before or after he was elected. And now Everyone knows it.
yep
what he said ditto
have a good day steve
vote outloud in nov
Let's call it like it is: All the sophomoric and hysterical criticisms of BHO boil down to one thing. The President of the United States is a Black Man. Those who never thought that could happen have gotten progressively more hateful, obstructionist, and irrational. Those of us who made that happen are determined to make it happen once again. The Republicans have made our job much easier by nominating a plastic Ken-doll who has never worked a day in his life; his "success" is due to his Daddy's money and to the Mormon conspiracy to make every Mormon business successful through preferential treatment. If I have to choose between BHO who came up the hard way and WMR who was born with silver magic underwear wrapped around a massive sense of entitlement......guess what I choose. Guess what the 99% will choose?
Kelly,
You have no right to be a senator of the United States for overseeing the murder of my mother in the State of New Hampshire, carried out by David Dubois of Rochester, NH and your state troopers, Ma'am.
I guarantee before the international community that if you take a substantial step in that direction, I will publish all of the nitty gritty details. That is my right under the law. And I do have civil rights, if you remember.
I strongly recommend that if you seek to occupy the role of VP that you hire an attorney.
To me, in my estimation, my two sons are worth more than you are in ways you could not imagine, my friend.