Roy Blunt praises McCain, disses Obama and offers his take on v-p
U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Strafford and Missouri’s most powerful GOP member of the House, said this afternoon that Missouri voters may be intrigued by Democrat Barack Obama, but in the end, they won’t vote for him for president.
“There’s no question Senator Obama is an exciting candidate, with a great delivery,” Blunt said.
But he added that the Republican mantra will repeatedly be that Obama can’t deliver and “is not ready to be president.”
Among other things, Blunt repeated the GOP theme that Obama is all style, and little substance. Blunt also contended that Obama is too liberal for the state and the country, when it comes to taxes, the economy, energy policy and fighting terrorism.
Blunt made those assertions in a conference call Tuesday with reporters, on the eve of Obama’s trip through southern Missouri on Wednesday. On the same day he visits the traditional GOP stronghold of Springfield, then moves up to Rolla and Union, McCain is scheduled to be in Kansas City for a private nighttime fund-raiser.
The Obama tour is expected to be the first of several that he plans to make in rural parts of the country, said his Missouri ally and travel companion, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.
Blunt said that McCaskill’s successful 2006 strategy of campaigning in rural areas doesn’t work as well on a national scale.
In the call, Blunt laid out his reasons why Republican John McCain is the better choice for voters in Missouri and the country.
In the end, Blunt said, Missourians “look for substance beyond style…When that happens, it will work to the advantage of Senator McCain.”
Blunt also parried a question by yours truly about who McCain might be considering as a running mate. Blunt said he has offered some advice, but made clear that he didn’t expect to be considered himself.
“I haven’t been vetted. I don’t expect to be vetted,” Blunt said.
He emphasized that he had remained neutral in the presidential contest, although his son — Gov. Matt Blunt — had endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Blunt said that there are numerous options for McCain, but that McCain must be careful to select someone with more experience that Obama.
To do otherwise (was this a hint against selecting Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal or Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty?) would deep-six the GOP’s main argument that Obama was untested and unready, Blunt said.
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