I also don’t think McCain wants to pick Romney because I don’t think he likes Romney. Plus Romney comes with negatives. A guy like Pawlenty that nobody ever heard of makes more sense because the focus will stay on McCain and not be dragged down.
Pawlenty could be a wise choice. He’s been a pretty good gov expect for his jump on the ethanol/green bandwagon. I didn’t like him signing off on a statewide smoking ban either. It shuttered a lot of mom and pop businesses.
He’s very prolife, has vetoed a lot of taxes, is articulate and young at 46.
Pawlently is not the best pick although I would be satisfied with him. Too obscure and he won’t deliver MN. Romney is tried and tested. Frankly most of the other names floated around are not. The Dems had a year to come up with something on Romney. They came up with a dogcage. That’s vetting already done, no need to sweat and worry over. Why pick an unknown when you can have a fully grown national candidate with a base of supporters eagerly awaiting? It will energize the party.