I just saw that interview on Piers Morgan and I'm not sure if we should read too much into it.

Romney obviously won't pick someone as unqualified as Bachmann, and who even Republicans don't like (she finished 5th in Iowa).

She has a few screws loose and would turn away Independents the way Palin did. (and Bachmann also has some vulnerabilities when it comes to her spouse, but that's another topic).

The dude cracks me up.

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Who's next, Joe the plumber?

Last time, the GOP broke through the bottom of the barrel and made their pick from among the worms living in the muck underneath.

Can't get any more bottom than that.

he's just staring at your tits.

Almost completely indistinguishable from himself.

That's where he resides.

In the slow news months of summer in a general election year, the press invariably begins speculating on who the VP nominee will be, which has the potential to deflate the announcement if they guess right.

So to distract the press, the campaign dangles red herrings for the press to bat around. Usually, the "dangles" are more of something than the presumptive nominee wishes to actually have--too conservative, too liberal... too goddamned crazy. The dangle is supposed to present the candidate as open-minded and mindful of the minority party interests.

But now I'm not so sure. In another post I pointed out that there are numerous entities which can claim to have a say in Romney's pick for VP: Romney himself, the Mormon Church, the billionaires who bought his campaign (perhaps each one individually), knuckle-dragging teabaggers, and Ron Paul.

Some of those entities, I think, will outright refuse any female candidate, any person of color, and anyone with the last name of "Paul." So my usual guess is that the vetting of Bachmann is a "dangle" which may actually be tipping us off to the fact that a female will not actually be seriously considered.

Personally, I think Jon Huntsman is the only guy they can settle on, but it's a guess of elimination based on no actual evidence except Huntsman's total silence. So don't bet real money on him.

But here's the thing: I've never seen a candidate go completely underwater before the convention like Romney has--McCain was close, but nothing like this. So he has to do something different and Romney may realize it. He's not particularly creative, either, so "doing a Palin" may be an actual, totally idiotic, plan.

Having two Mormons on the ticket would have a negative impact in southern states.

I don't think anything legal can reverse the obvious course of this election now, and I think that the realists within the Mormon Church--wait a minute, scratch that.

I think that if there are realists within the Mormon Church, they see an opportunity to make hay by running a credible campaign, even if it loses. They win something if they can show the trogs that their interests largely overlap. All cults strive for acceptance once they reach a certain size. That is worth more to them than merely getting their man inside for four years.

I further think the LDS is the group with the largest sway in the internal nomination power struggle, because they have the money, the influence, and all the goods on both Romney and Huntsman, so they have a very powerful veto threat to make, if necessary.

Huntsman, as I've said, may be the only candidate all of those interests can agree upon. He's the one with the strongest backing from the potentially most influential deciding force, and perhaps the least unfavorability among the others.

Still think he'll pick VA Gov, Bob McDonnell.

If he is even considering Jingles as the media is suggesting then yes he is considering underneath the bottom of the barrel. No different then looking underneath the bottom of a rock and seeing all of the slugs.

That's all that is left, himself included.

But Michelle Bachmann would be a close second. Either one guarantees an Obama victory.

why not?

And she's not a witch

SO STOP SAYING THAT!

Once he calls a running mate. And without wanting to sound like a hack, he's basically a coward who hides behind plenty of fronts. Watch him when he's addressing an audience. He doesn't like the proles.

So he'll delay. With any luck, the decision will be too much for him, and his brain will explode.