"I like the guy. I feel he is an honest and thoughtful individual. In my opinion he would make an excellent VP candidate, nothing more."
I don't understand your reasoning on this point. I thought the most important qualification in choosing a VP is will this person be a good and acceptable President if the worst happens. The Kennedy's thought Lyndon Johnson was manageable and controllable as VP but unfit to be President. We know how that turned out.
He's NOT V.P. material and no, I don't believe that you :like" him at all.