There is one particular name that is now popping up among Republican insiders and the GOP establishment as the leading candidate to become the Vice Presidential nominee.
Who is it?
From Buzzfeed:
There is no doubt in the minds of Republican National Committee members that Mitt Romney will be their standard bearer in the fall, and already consensus is building behind one potential vice presidential nominee — Ohio Sen. Rob Portman.
In an informal survey of more than half of the Republican State Chairmen and national committee people at this weekend’s State Chairman meeting at a resort here, two-thirds said they believe Portman is the most-likely and best-qualified running-mate for Mitt Romney. The committee members spoke to BuzzFeed only on the condition of anonymity.
“He’s from Ohio, and we need to win Ohio, it’s that simple,” said one state chair.
Portman, a former Congressman from the Cincinnati area who was director of the Office of Management and Budget during the George W. Bush administration, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. And the warmth Republican elites express for him stems much from a desire to avoid another risky, flamboyant pick like Sarah Palin as it does for his ability to help carry an important swing state.
“Romney needs to make a safe pick, and keep talking about the economy — and that’s Rob Portman,” said one committeewoman from the West.
Portman’s seeming inability to overshadow the vanilla Romney gives him a rare qualification — and potentially a leg up over the rest of the field.
“He’s not going to be Palin — he’s not going to be fighting to get in front of cameras, [Portman] knows his place,” he one Midwestern committeeman.
“He was born to be the guy standing next to the guy,” said another member. “He’s the type of guy who ran for vice president of his high school student council.”
You have got to be kidding? Portman is a non-distinguished moderate. You have to ask the question, is Romney really serious about winning the nomination?
Assuming this is true, it is classic Romney and classic GOP establishment. They are solving for X. Instead of the passion of patriotism and the desire to help save the nation, all this is, is simply a business problem. It is simply a math problem.
No, there is much more than that. Romney has not reached out to the conservative wing of the Party. He does not seem to care. TPN surveys have shown a quarter of conservatives say they will not vote for Romney.
While we have not yet surveyed it, the number who will not go out and campaign fir him is going to be much higher.
Who the hell does he think is going to be the boots on the ground? Members of the country club?
Here is a clue for Romney and the GOP establishment. It is conservative activists who do this.
Romney is worried about someone who will help him win Ohio? He had better worry about the Conservatives who are not going to be out working for the campaign.
Tags: establishment, mitt, ohio, portman, president, rino, rob, romney, vice
Permalink Reply by Ronald Sorrells on Danno:
Ross Perot is a "Patriot and Conservative" but George Herbert Walker Bush "sicked the hounds of hell on Ross"......just like they did with Sarah Palin ! Hell, the Republicans beat her brains out...not the damn left !
We just can't accept that the GOP does not represent us! They have sold our asses down the river just like the Obamanites !
Ron
Permalink Reply by Ronald Sorrells on Danno:
A man's "price" is not always about money & power...when that cute little college kid crawled in Ross' lap and said "Pops got any loose change"?
Ross with a tear in his eye says"I think so Babes". Shortly, afterwards this Little Blue-eyed blonde that was in love and on her wedding day....a hateful, ruthless bunch of Washington "Republican Slime" threatened to "crash" this sweet young daughter's wedding and crush her dreams with rumors of dirt.....Ross Perot said, "This was the last straw". He withdrew from the "contest" and left the political "sewer" to its debaunchery.
Ron
Permalink Reply by Lynda Fox on And, that is a FACT. Who do these RINO's think they are...choosing for US, and, the RINO fools going along without so much as a whimper. Many states have YET to have their primaries.
Not only is romney INELIGIBLE....the RINO's are done!!!
WE deserve choices again, and, the only way to get them is a 2nd party!!!!
Permalink Reply by Ronald Sorrells on Lynda:
They are "In Charge".....that is who they are !
Ron
Permalink Reply by Helen Simon on We will have Palin/West 2012...no one else will do.
Permalink Reply by bill campbell on Bill, that's a great article proposing a Dream Team that would absolutely get conservatives fired up! If Mitt is serious about going to the WH he needs to follow it to the letter.
Permalink Reply by Ronald Sorrells on Helen:
The Republican Party has "left" The Conservatives....The same way they did years ago in the Democratic Party. Got to look for a different "Camp Site" !
Like George Wallace said, "I did not leave the Democratic Party, they left me".
Ron
Permalink Reply by Lynda Fox on romney the INELIGIBLE's grandpappy was kicked out of the country and he and his family STRIPPED of their citizenship for pologamy. Romney's dad, SNEAKS, just like all ILLEGALS, over OUR border, and, the idiot forgot to get himself NATURALIZED. The dad ran for POTUS in 1968 and was booted out of the POTUS race...now get this....because he was, in FACT, INELIGIBLE...making romney the INELIGIBLE...NATIVE born, not NBC, and, as INELIGIBLE for high office as AKA, rubio, jindal and haley.
Permalink Reply by Ronald Sorrells on Lynda:
Wow! Good information.
Ron
Permalink Reply by Lynda Fox on It's all laid out before us on the net....all these romney the INELIGIBLE lovers need to do is look and SEE. Saame with rubio, jindal and haley....lmao....TP dahlings, indeed!!!!
Permalink Reply by Mickie Johnson on Better check again Lynda!
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