Drudge Headline Only: Romney Narrows VP Choices, Surprise Name Emerges as Frontrunner

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[arichtaxpayer]

ROMNEY NARROWS VP CHOICES; SURPRISE NAME EMERGES AS FRONTRUNNER

[BarnacleCenturion]

“247 EV (sure blue states)”

Wrong.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/archive/2012_electoral_college_scoreboard

[Perdogg]

I think Romeny has a chance at Michigan, Wisconsin, and PA.

[GBA]

Even though I swore I'd NEVER vote for him again, I was able to vote against obama using McLame when he picked Sarah Palin for his VP.

For me, the Mittster isn't as utterly despised as McLame was/is, but Mitt seems to represent the same progressive interests and has similar progressive GOPe tendencies and inclinations.

At this point, unless he chooses someone I really like for his VP, I'm going to write in someone rather than vote for Mitt.

However, if he chooses Rubio, whom I believe is a citizen, but not a NBC, I won't vote for either of them and will work against them with my donations and other support.

The Constitution, not political expediency, needs to win in November.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Nobody “picks” Chuck Norris. They have to ask him if it’s OK to offer it to someone else.

[gorush]

West or Palin is the only way to even tempt me to vote for him.

[Cyman]

Darn it, I told Mitt I would not accept.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“Fortunately, Bill Clinton is constitutionally ineligible...no one ineligible to be elected President may be elected Vice President.”

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That is not correct. The 12th Amendment says that no one constitutionally ineligible to the office of president (i.e., those who are not natural-born citizens, or are under 35, or have been a resident of the U.S. for less than 14 years, or are ineligible for federal office as per Section 3 of the 14th Amendment) shall be eligible to that of VP. The 22nd Amendment disqualifies Bill Clinton from being *elected* president (”[n]o person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice”), but does not make him ineligible to the office of the presidency itself. Thus, Bill Clinton could serve as president if he acceded to the office, whether from the vice presidency or somewhere else in the line of succession. Just like the Constitution would not prevent Clinton from becoming VP pursuant to the provisions for filling a vice presidential vacancy set forth in Section 2 of the 25th Amendment (nominated by the president and confirmed by both houses of Congress), nothing in the Constitution would prevent Clinton from being elected VP (and, in theory, the president could resign a minute after taking office and Clinton could serve as president for four years). There’s an entire chapter regarding this issue in “Constitutional Cliffhangers,” which is a terrific book by Brian Kalt that makes constitutional law accessible even to non-lawyers: http://www.amazon.com/Constitutional-Cliffhangers-Legal-Presidents-Enemies/dp/0300123515/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342135230&sr=8-1&keywords=brian+kalt

Fortunately, however, I don’t think that Mitt Romney will select Bill Clinton as his runningmate (or George W. Bush, for that matter). : )

[LostInBayport]

Who I’m hoping he’ll pick: Allen West

Who I’d love to see picked (so between now and November ever every liberal head would explode and every conservative would be refreshed with laughter and energy): Ted Nugent

My real guess: Kelly Ayotte

[BRL]

Jan Brewer?

If Romney picks Brewer I will put Romney poster up and bumper stickers on my car. If he picks Rice I will go cry.

[Rider on the Rain]

If zero is reelected there won’t be any constitution.

[hoosiermama]

Huntsman is a cousin and family business is intertwined with Baine....Not a good idea.

[lancium]

I still believe Haley will stick to SC...but to throw in a random guess Haley :)

[AuH2ORepublican]

“Good News:
It’s a polarizing female former governor!

Bad News:
Her name is Jennifer Granholm.”

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Now *she* would be ineligible!

[Private_Sector_Does_It_Better]

My longshot guess is Luis Fortuno. Love this guy!!

[techno]

Not a chance in hell.

Simply a pipe dream.

[biggredd1]

Newt, rand paul, west, palin, santorum, are the remaining surprises.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

if he chooses Rubio, whom I believe is a citizen, but not a NBC, I won't vote for either of them

Now just a bleepin' second.

If Rubia is not a NBC (and he probably isn't) Who in the GOP is going to commit a fraud against the Secretaries of State of the 57 states by signing an affidavit that claims he is? (as did Pelosi)

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

OH GOD NO!

she was a disaster for bush!

[Batman11]

Louie Gohmert baby!! I got your attack dog right eeer!