[GeorgeWashingtonsGhost]

Ryan, Ryan or Ryan. If Romney wants to win, Ryan should be his VP nominee.

[cumbo78]

Dark Horse is Gov. Luis Fortuno of Puerto Rico. Solid conservative background, pro growth/reduce spending pedigree. Much better qualifications than Sen. Rubio and would drive the Dims batty. Remember, Gov. Palin wasn’t on any of the short lists last time.

[cranked]

Alan West fits the bill for me.....

[Tennessee Nana]

McDonnell has worked rather well with Democrats...
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Always the deciding qualifier for the GOP VP...

Do i really need the /s

[Finatic]

Vets for Allen West!

[Finatic]

Vets for Allen West!

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Why not Allen West for VP?

[Colonel_Flagg]

He won’t want to wig out the base...

Sorry, Mitt. Too late.

[Art in Idaho]

He won't do it, and she probably wouldn't accept - but she might for the country's sake - but wouldn't it be a grab the popcorn ride if Romney would pick Sarah Palin as his VP? The Obama Media Complex would explode. She's already been 'vetted' 1000 times by the LSM, so what else would they say? The conservative base would go wild. Tea Party rallies all over the country with a wild convention. It would be a gutsy call by Romney with a potential huge landslide as a result.

[Bluestocking]

If Romney chooses a fellow white Anglo-Saxon male as his running mate, he might as well choose Dan Quayle, wherever he may be, and be done with the whole presidential race.

This is 2012. Minorities and women have made enormous political strides during the past few decades. Popular, charismatic Republican governors and Senators of many ethnic backgrounds dot the landscape. And Mitt Romney already has the white Anglo-Saxon male vote completely sewn up.

Marco Rubio, an Hispanic-American from the must-win state of Florida, is standing like a pot of 24-carat political gold just waiting to be picked up by Romney for a certain presidential victory, as Senator Rubio would add Florida to Romney’s win column and pick up enough Hispanic-American votes to put the ticket well over the top.

Will Romney choose Rubio, or spend the rest of his life regretting he didn’t, starting on the day he chooses the terminally bland Senator Whitebread for VP and wonders why the air suddenly seems to have gone out of his campaign?

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Mittens desperately needs an *interesting* and *charismatic* VP pick. Having a second boring white guy on board the ticket is not going to help it out at all.

[Tau Food]

He won’t want to wig out the base...

If Romney wants to please his liberal base, he should go with a big-state female minority who shares his vews - Maxine Waters.

[Charles Henrickson]

As to the person I think it will be (not my choice, but my guess), I’ve ranked them in four categories, and from most likely to least likely within each group:

Top tier, the finalists (1-4): Marco Rubio, Bob McDonnell, Paul Ryan, Rob Portman

Second tier, possible (5-8): Tim Pawlenty, Susana Martinez, Kelly Ayotte, John Thune

Third tier, not likely (9-10): Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal

Shed a tear, no chance: Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Condoleezza Rice, Michele Bachmann, Allen West, Herman Cain

[Varsity Flight]

Um let me see, someone who can step right in and fullfill his agenda:

Hillary.

[cynwoody]