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More Cox News

By Quin

Because Whacker77 and other great readers of this site continue to ask the latest on the Veep chances of onetime (brief) 9th Circuit nominee Chris Cox, it is worth noting that not only did Robert Novak tout him last week, but that today the Wall Street Journal's online Political Diary did the same. (Subscribe to the diary at https://secure.djnewsletters.com/OJ/OJGetInfo.aspx -- it is well worth it.) Because some readers are not subscribers, I have received permission to post it in full:

Meet Chris Cox

While the Democratic slugfest sucks up all the media attention, John McCain will have at least one big chance to move back to center-stage -- when he picks his veep nominee.

Mr. McCain needs to bolster his economic street cred, especially after admitting minimal expertise on the subject. He needs to rally pro-growth Republicans and calm the fears of ordinary voters amid the mortgage meltdown. Who to call? California Republican Chris Cox was on George W. Bush's shortlist eight years ago and didn't get the nod. Now his moment may have arrived, judging by a growing murmur among his GOP fans. (MORE)

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Full post as published by ConfirmThem on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).