[Mach5]

There is talk of Fred being a VP pick for Romney.

[AnnaZ]

Wrong order!

[TChad]

There is talk of Fred being a VP pick for Romney.

Much as I like Fred, wouldn't it be better in the long run to find someone younger for VP?

[codercpc]

I like Mitt, I really do, and I will gladly vote for him if he becomes the nominee. But gosh can that guy PANDER I heard the interview after Fred got out, and it was nice and respectful (something sorely lacking in most campaigns) but my feeling was that, just like everything else Mitt proposes, it was a pander to the Fred supporters. I just don't have any gut feeling, at all, on why Mitt would chose Fred as his running mate.

Remember, VP choices must still campaign, and that was Freds greatest weakness. He just does not balance out the ticket. Tennessee is a great state, but it is not exactly a strategic must have like maybe a midwest state would be. Fred is also not a "southern favorite" except among the 12% of supporters. I could either see a true southern politician (my hope would be Barbour) or a midwesterner like Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota.

To me, that throw away line in Romneys answer (that he would make a good VP, or whatever he said) was a pipedream only to Fred supporters, hoping to string them over to his campaign. After all, as long as he doesn't pledge to have him as a running mate, by the time Romney would actually name the VP candidate, he would have already secured the nomination.