There is a case to be made for Thune being on the ticket. He’s competent, affable, and an asset in some key Midwestern states, especially Iowa. As for some other possibilities (Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty, Nicki Haley, and Susana Martinez), they can run for the U.S. Senate in 2014.
I don’t know about “sleeper” pick, but Thune will certainly put a lot of people to sleep.
Sorta like a latter-day “Ford/Dole” ticket, huh..?
Hey, now THAT is some pretty electrifying stuff, wow....!!!
Those idiots never learn.
“[Romney] doesn’t need a Hail Mary pass, so he doesn’t need a Sarah Palin-type. In fact, he needs someone who is perceived as competent and steady,”
Note to Grosse, that would BE Sarah Palin.
” Is Romney a Candidate or a corpse ? “ ( M. Savage - 8/7/2012 ) . Agree with this sentiment . If Romney picks a snoozer / RINO for VP he will confirm my longtime suspicion that the fix has been in for quite some time .
Pretty and a complete empty suit.
STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT!! We need good people in congress VP is a job once called not worth warm spit; Outside of Chaney or GHW Bush - name two vp before Klinton.
Allen West for VP! What’s the problem?
RINO’s alllllways pick RINO’s —the only exception was when the red-faced screamer picked Sarah.
Hair-helmet is determined to be conventional, and terminally so.
Why can’t ALL idiots make gajillions? Then I’d be set, just like hair-helmet.
For awhile, I’ve been predicting that Mitt’s choice for VP will be a RINO! Too many RINOS are for amnesty for illegal immigrants! How is the U.S. not finished with, either, Barack Obama, or Mitt Romney as POTUS?
No offense intended, but WHO???
Also, we need to energize people which is why I think someone like Allen West, someone able to really fight back is ESSENTIAL to Romney’s campaign. As much as I like and respect Sarah Palin, we’ve already “been there done that”, and unfortunately the Libs damaged her with their sickening rhetoric as McCain tied her hands behind her back when she should have gone with her instincts and fought back then... I’m ready and willing to fight for her again, if for some reason Romney DOES pick her, but I doubt that’s going to happen...
I like Thune and donated in his first Senate attempt, but he doesn’t add any popular votes from a swing state, or a significant constituency.
I think the stealth choice would be Gen. Petraeus.
Obama team can’t criticize him, because they kept and endorsed him.
The fact the dems can’t fire at him, may be worth more than swing states or voting blocks.
If those 2 considerations reign, then the only choice is Rubio.
Romney is stuck at dead center. This might move the poll needle: I think that Romney should SEAL his Federal and State Tax Records when he announces who his Veep will be.
That would give The Media a double surprise with maximum Media audience.
Thune is a big squish. He was the perfect Bush Republican and he will make a perfect Romney Republican, whether he is picked to run with the most liberal governor in history or not.
Romney-Thune doesn’t sound (literally) like a winning ticket to me.
Thune will not be picked but he would pout if he wasn't mentioned at all.
Condi was never going to be picked but they needed her to prove they seriously considered a woman.
At least that's my read. Hard to understand Mitt sometimes.
Picking Thune would make me wonder what is wrong with Romney that he can’t get somebody who is well-known, from a state with a lot of electoral votes, to run with him? It would be like he had been turned down over and over until he finally got a date for the prom.
Does anyone else suspect that Romney is doing everything he can to avoid picking a Tea Party candidate who can help him win?
It is so obvious to us, it must be to them, as well.
Just kill me now.