I've been saying for a year it's going to be Romney/Rubio. I still think that.

A conservative woman, she is much more articulate than Palin. Her breadth of knowledge, although it is all right wing talking points, is good.

It'll be a Cheney clone. The GOP has done their job in forcing Mittens down Rs throats. They knew he'd be more "attractive" to the Indies and Mod Dems and give them the best chance of defeating our President. Now that they've got their puppet, they'll find a suitable VP to ru(i)n the country while Mitt spends his time skiing.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2012!!!

He's only been in, what, a year so far? Obama had been in the Senate for at least 2+ when he announced to run for POTUS.

much national experience as Rubio now has. My bad! I thought he was elected to the Senate in 2006.

I went to wiki and saw he finished law school in 1996 and went into the state house in 2000. No mention of those "lost" four years.

she's not running again for Senate and she has higher aspirations i.e. ran for Governor last time around against Perry. She's also moved her stances toward the middle...i.e. standing up for Planned Parenthood.

He's having a hard enough time getting the right-wing to like him as it is.

he's waiting to see if Walker will be free...

on edit: or maybe he'll pick Walker to save him from recall, by giving him a reason to resign before he gets recalled and thus saving Walker for future years from the embarrassment and unelectability that comes with being recalled. The right is still investing heavily in Walker, if he gets recalled he's done future wise and that money would have been wasted...they don't waste money when it comes to advancing their cause.

seems to center around Rob Portman.

It's about electorals,could very well be,no Ohio no Florida,no President Obama,2012

An Ohio and/or Florida victory would pretty much put a lock on re-election but President Obama could still pull it out, albeit by a closer margin, even if he loses both. He has many more "paths to victory" than R.Money does, at least at the moment.

Reason: he's relatively unknown to the electorate, but "the right people" (read: the same people who saddled McCain with Mooselini) know exactly who he is. He gets the same effect as picking Scott Walker or Chris Christie, but Walker is on the verge of getting fired and Christie outweighs William Howard Taft.

Good Choice.........It's all about electorals........Portman and Pawlenty,would be a good move in midwest,since Wisconsin has somewhat fallin out of favor with Obama (9pt lead- Tossup in three weeks)

Or Seamus.



NGU.

Some one like Bachmann, but it won't be Bachmann.

If he does, maybe he'll pick Jan Brewer. Hee hee.

or both: Niki Haley

of the picture either-the crazier the better for their base.

Jeb seems to be saving himself for 2016. Scarborough was probably right when he said the establishment doesn't really think Romney can win, hence why so many big names stayed out this year. I still think it'll be Rubio or Brian Sandoval of Nevada.

LOL!

Both of them are arch-conservatives from swing states who bring foreign policy credentials to the table.

Having served as Bush's OMB (after Daniels), I'm wondering how that might help Romney?

comes to mind. He's conservative but not a nut case, and he might help Romney with Hispanic votes in the West. He is popular in his home state and he used to be a federal judge.

Yes, he's only been a governor for two years but in history many VP choices have had no more experience than that.

As a Mo', Romney's already an honorary Utahn and for all I know Romney's ancestors were living in Mexico more recently than this other dude.

I believe him bombastic soundbites would complement Mitt's, like matching bookends.

hardest to beat. Black, woman ,foreign affairs, ready to take over if necessary.

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when it comes to terrorists. Or her overabundance of it when it comes to invading countries like Iraq.

in loooking at it through the eyes of the enemy republicans, where #2 last time is the nominee next time, makes sense, knowing Romney ain't gonna win, for Jeb to open his big mouth now and say he would entertain the VP

thereby setting himself up with the nomination next time (as Romney will be blamed for the loss, not the vp choice).

last person Jeb would want is Rubio. Rubio fits in Jebs mind some other way, probably to help steal Florida like in 2000 when Jeb guaranteed W would find the votes

Then I look for Hillary v. Jeb in 2016, with Hillary winning.

Bringing the Paultards into the fold.

Rand might just be the greatest threat to American Democracy there ever has been.
God help all of us if he comes anywhere near the Veep or Pres.
He reminds me of Jorg Haider from Austria.(not only reminds, the two could have been clones).

Rand and Ron would rather have anarchy and do nothing IMHO.

I had reconsidered this. I'd heard that Romney was all being the anti-McCain. The veep choice would be boring, then - reassuring the base, but not walking-around-nutso. Someone like Rob Portman.

But the continued Paultard shenanigans in the race for delegates makes me think Daddy's going to force Rand on Romney at the convention. So that's where I am. If it's fully Mitt's choice, it won't be Rand Paul. But it might not be up to him.

Please find a different insult.

Note well that in 2008 McCain didn't even TRY to run on the * legacy.

Romney's not going to want to drive down the road with THAT shit on the side of his campaign bus.

to shore up his shaky base in that key region.

I am not sure they would try that again. They will want to resort to the two white men ticket. Or, try something else, like a Latino.

Unfortunately.

I think Romney will go with someone safe. Pawlenty has the fewest negatives of the potential VP candidates.

If he decides to go for a wildcard type pick, I think it would be Christie.

and will need to consider how the veep would help him win.

Ultimately, the only question to ask when picking a veep is who can help them win. A look at his weaknesses tells where he will be looking for help.

Too many people focus on regions or states. VP's influence in that regard is overstated. A lot of people also talk about diversity on a ticket. But, that won't really help a republican win votes, at least not against Obama.

Mitt needs help in his image and relatibilty. He is seen as a callous robot. An out of touch rich bubble boy. He needs a populist. As those don't really exist in the gop, he needs a faux-populist.

He needs someone with charisma, but not so much that his ego is threatened. Christie would work, but is much bigger than mitt. Mitt's ego couldn't stand. Maybe Huckabee.

I think he would have to pick a more populist/small government/religious like guy. Especially since he's seen as out of touch with regular people.

Brownback.

JUST KIDDING... The Mayor sure crawled under my skin today....

There are a lot of people who think they own Mitt Romney, but I think the LDS knows it owns Romney. And they'll want Huntsman.

For the same reason McCain couldn't pick her, it's not her politics,it's the personal company she keeps,things are pretty well known in Palo Alto. (Wink)

In bizarro world where abortion is the most important issue, no Republican would tap Condi as Veep since she's pro-choice.
Better for us, because she'd be a good choice from an election point of view for the GOP.

Either he's going to piss off the teabaggers or alienate what's left of the moderate and independant voters.

I also think many GOPers see this as a losing situation and won't want to be on the ticket - similiar to 2008. They would rather wait until 2016 when the GOP has a better chance of winning again.