[Sunnyflorida]

“I’m liking Fred and Mitt more every day.

Two men, both comfortable in themselves.

McLame lies like he breathes.

The only question I have about Fred right now is his friendship with McLame.”

Yep. It would be a great team.

[JohnBovenmyer]

A Romney/Thompson team would be good; then have Mitt use Fred like Bush uses Cheney (or have Fred use Mitt as Cheney uses Bush depending on your take on the current pair.) Bring Fred in to pinch hit homers and to slam down the Rats as needed. Use him as a chief adviser to keep the agenda on course. Let Mitt burn the energy and leave Fred free to recharge at an undisclosed location with Jeri and the kids as needed. And use him as a final line of defense. Take out Mitt and you'd have to face a mad Fred. That would give anyone pause.

The biggest gripe on Mitt here, outside of the hopelessly anti-Mormon types, is that some don't believe he'll act as he says. What he's saying now isn't a whole lot different than what Fred's saying. The differences aren't great by the standard of historical P/VP pairs. Having Fred on the team should relieve at least some of those concerns. Romney's preferred management style is to look at all the data, to hear all points of view and then pick the best choice. Input from Fred should help.

The biggest gripe on Fred, right or wrong, is that he looks old and lacks energy. That would be negated with the youthful, hyper Mitt at the front of the ticket, but would remain an issue with a Fred/Mitt ticket. The only problem with a Mitt/Fred ticket is that Fred has said he doesn't want to be VP. Everyone says that, but with Fred he may well mean it.