Instead of acting like crybabies for not having lulled Sen. Grace Poe into their trap so she could not be an impediment to their standard bearer’s Malacañang dream, Liberal Party officials should work on getting Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto as Mar Roxas running mate.
Ate Vi is the perfect partner for Roxas. She will provide what Roxas sorely lacks:masa appeal.
Santos-Recto is one of the few showbiz personalities who have successfully transitioned from the screen to the world of politics. She has gained respect as no-nonsense public official and has never been involved in any anomaly.
Unlike Grace Poe, who has become a frontrunner among possible presidential candidates, Santos-Recto is not being promoted for the presidency. She doesn’t have to “come down” to boost Roxas’ presidential campaign.
The Rectos are from Batangas, the 8th vote-rich province in the country with over 1.5 million registered voters in 2013. They provide a good balance for Roxas who is from Capiz in Panay.
Santos-Recto is on her last term as governor. She has been quoted in news reports that she is not interested in running for vice president and is thinking of running for Congress.
A source said, “That’s because Roxas has not offered her the VP post yet.”
This was confirmed by the Batangas governor in her Tuesday interview where she said, “Wala pang pormal na usapan (No formal talks).”
Her husband, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, is up for re-election in 2016. Vilma’s son, TV personality, Lucky Manzano, has been reported to be also considering joining politics.
Those, probably, are considerations for Santos-Recto.
A political analyst said, “If they can be assured of half-a-billion-peso campaign funds, it would not be difficult to persuade Ate Vi to help Roxas.”
There are other names being floated to be Roxas’ running mate. One of them is Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo, widow of the late Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo.
Robredo has been quoted to have said her running for a higher post is “too soon” for her.
There are those who say that Sen.Alan Cayetano, whose presidential bid is not taking off daily TV ads, is willing to be Roxas’s running mate.
However, many in the LP, especially Pres. Aquino, are averse to Cayetano as Mar’s running mate. They have not forgotten that in the 2010 elections, Cayetano was one of those behind the release of the psychiatric evaluation of Aquino, which the Aquino camp said was fake.
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV of the Nacionalista Party has declared his plan to run for vice-president but he has also informed the Liberal Party not to consider him as Roxas’s running mate. He would rather run as an independent candidate.
Actually, Trillanes has done Roxas a huge favor. His crusade against the alleged corruption of Vice President Jejomar Binay has caused a lot of damage to the VP’s presidential bid.
The seemingly endless Senate investigations have caused Binay’s rating to drop, enough for Poe to take the lead but not enough for Roxas to get close to Binay.
Aquino’s endorsement may boost Roxas’s ratings. If he gets Vilma Santos as running mate, he may yet overtake Binay in the next survey.
I think a stigma may have attached to being Mar’s VP slot being pawned off to Poe as her best opportunity for her presidential aspirations, which was indeed quite manipulative and exploitative of a potential rival with significantly better prospects than him. To put it bluntly, someone as politically astute as Vilma may feel insulted na ginagagamit naman siya kasi lang magagamit ang pagkasimpatika niya sa mga masa kasi walang ka appeal si Roxas sa Manila. Ano ba siya tanga? Pinoy and Mar may have better luck using their ploy with a male prospect who might not feel as slighted.
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“…..Vilma may feel insulted na ginagago naman siya kasi lang ginagamit lang ang pagkasimpatika niya”
“…kasi walang ka appeal si Roxas sa Masa. Ano ba siya mas tanga kay Poe?”
Ay naku, mananalo na vice si ate V pero maiiwan pa rin si kuya Mar!
Agreed #2, inayawan nga ni Grace dahil gagawin lang siyang deodorant sasaluhin naman niya. “…Ano ba siya mas tanga kay Poe?”
To my opinion, Roxas has become so unpopular that even Pnoy’s endorsement, or ate V’s becoming his VP will not add substantially to his lagging numbers to overtake Binay (hindi ako kasama sa team Dark Gilas ha!).
Ate V refused the “may amoy” na offer!
Walang hiya itong mga Liberal. Pagkatapos nila dayain ang ama, aamuhin ang anak.
AMBISYOSA……nanalo lang si grace poe dahil symphaty vote kay FPJ….ganun din si Pnoy nanalo dahil sympahty vote kay cory…ang ganun na symphaty vote ay hindi iyon pang matagalan…..panandalian lang na agimat ang sympahty vote…..bakit hindi subukan si Duterte. Si Duterte lang ang tao na puwede makapagbago ng kalagayan ng bansa. Lahat tayo naghahangad na mabawasan ang mga masasamang tao, nariyan si Duterte puwede niyang magawa. Lahat tayo naghahangad na matigil na ang may kaugnayan sa droga, nariyan si Duterte puwede niyang magawa. Binay, Roxas, Poe o sino pa pag manalo sa eleksyon walang pagbabago na mangyayari sa bansa, ganun pa rin. Dapat si Duterte ay tumakbo sa halalan dahil siya lang ang makapagpapabago sa hindi magandang kalagayan ng bansa.
<blockquote?Ate Vi is the perfect partner for Roxas. She will provide what Roxas sorely lacks:masa appeal.
when was the last time vilma santos was relevant with the current masa or popular culture?
sa lahat ng makoy die hard ito lamang si arvin ang hindi nakakaalam na halos buong KBL ay ibinoto si grace for senator dahil sa pagiging anak ni da king na inaanak sa kasal ni FM.
wala pa ngang desisyon si grace kung anong posisyon ang lalahukan, potpot na ng potpot kahit walang kawawaan.
ano ka ba talaga? saan ka? makoy o penoy?
“…….halos lahat ng tagasuporta ng KBL ay ibinoto si grace……”
Akala ko pa naman ay masisiyahan si ARVIN kung si Poe ang mananalo dahil anak daw ito ni Marcos. Hahahaha!
Bakit 360 degree turn si Arvin kaya? hehehe!
#7 John… hmmmnnnn, you got a relevant point.
Hindi raw documents sa citizenship issue ang ipinakita ni Pnoy kay Grace bago mag-SONA.
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“But Poe denied this, saying it was not in the character of President Aquino to do it. She said the President showed her documents on natural security issues.
“Grace, bibigyan kita ng background, ng iba’t ibang case studies, para malaman mo at maintindihan mo kung anong mga suliranin ang hinaharap ng isang pangulo kung saka-sakaling ikaw ang naririto (Grace, I will give you a background and several case studies, so that you would know and understand the problems a president faces if ever you are in my place),” Poe recalled the President telling him.
Days after his SONA, the President endorsed Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas as the person he prefers to succeed him in 2016.”
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com
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Oh boy, inaalo at binabalanseng todo ni Pinoy si Grace. Even Pnoy’s heart is with Grace na yata. 🙂
I understand why Kristeta is tight lip on kuya Mar pa, hehe!
Sana lahat kayo napanood ang TV [patrol about Grace Poe. Tila 100% tama si Kit Tatad. Sorry si ate VI ang bida rito nga pala.
#12. were the penoy ready to be president when he joined the race in 2010? were tita cory prepared herself to be president when the hungry vultures solicited signatures for her to run in 1986 snap election?
what were the significant solutions did the penoy do to strengthen the AFP and the PNP?
modernization?
dud grenade launchers and ammunitions that were the reason why the SAFF 44 were mercilessly slaughtered the MILF the penoy and his retards favor?
purchase of refurbished helicopters instead of brand new?
second hand frigates donated by the USN?
trainer planes that crashed one after the other?
modernization, huh? my athlete’s foot!
“……..mercilessly slaughtered by the MILF the penoy and his retards favor?”
Iba ang katungkulan ng senador kaysa presidente. Okey lang kung sa senado pero pagka presidente hindi puwede. Dahil kapag siya ang maging presidente o si binay o erap o sino pa walang pagbabago sa bansa. Dapat si Duterte talaga ang manalo dahil siya lang ang makapagbabago sa kasalukuyan na sistema ng bansa. Huwag maging ambisyosa.
#17. Pilitin mo na lumaban presidente si Duterte, maraming may gusto sa kanya seriously. Ambisyon din naman niya na maging presidente, pahele-hele lang. Siguro, ang presidential election will be a four corner fight. Mas marami, mas masaya.
A vice president candidate carrying the presidential candidate. Only in the lupang hinirang!
#17. huwag si duterte. pumapatay yun ng supporter na pabalibaliktad. ayaw nu’n ng pula ngayon, dilaw bukas. du’n galit na galit ‘yun dahil ayaw niya nang para siyang tinatraydor.