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Insiders: Christie Wants VP Nod

Kevin Spak — Mon, 07 May 2012 14:10:05 CDT

Chris Christie may not have wanted to be president, but apparently he'd love to be vice president. New Jersey government insiders tell the National Review that Christie would happily accept the number 2 slot on the ticket if Mitt Romney offered it. "Christie is open to it, his family's comfortable...

McCain to Mitt: Pick a VP You Trust

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:16:18 CDT

And on the seventh day, inquiring Republicans again debated who Mitt Romney will pick to run for vice president: John McCain, a person who knows a little something about picking a veep, said qualifications reign supreme —and that Sarah Palin's won her the No. 2 spot on his ticket—and...

Why Mitt Should Avoid Condi as VP

Kevin Spak — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:59:05 CDT

Did you like the Bush administration? No? Then why the heck would you want Condoleezza Rice to be Mitt Romney's running mate, asks Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal . A recent poll had Rice as Republican voters' top choice for the ticket, and it's easy to see why. "He's...

Karl Rove: I Didn't Want Dick Cheney

Kevin Spak — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:46:05 CDT

From now until August, pundits will be speculating about Mitt Romney's VP choice, and poring over the political benefits of each candidate. Karl Rove thinks Romney should ignore all of that and choose, as George W. Bush did, the "best partner in the White House and a person the country...

Rob Portman's Edge: He's Dull as Dirt

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:45:36 CDT

Most media VP speculation is swirling around colorful personalities like Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Bob McDonnell, but Politico has its eye on a candidate who exemplifies drab: Rob Portman. The last bill the Ohio senator introduced was a measure controlling Asian Carp in the Great Lakes—not exactly the...

Rubio for VP Would Be Just Like McCain's Palin Pick

John Johnson — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:39:54 CDT

Marco Rubio tends to be on everybody's short list of VP candidates for Mitt Romney, and if that becomes reality it will be much like John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin, writes John Dickerson at Slate . Like Palin, Rubio is a politically savvy choice: He's a grass-roots favorite, "an envoy...

Stewart: No One Wants to Be Romney's VP

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:17:14 CDT

Now that we know Mitt Romney will be the Republican presidential nominee, only one question remains: Who will serve as his running mate? The answer to the question so far seems to be a resounding "Not it!," Jon Stewart pointed out last night . He ran through those who have preemptively...

Rudy Giuliani Endorses Romney, Rules Out VP Job

Kevin Spak — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:32:21 CDT

Rudy Giuliani officially endorsed Mitt Romney in a Fox News appearance today, putting aside any lingering animosity from their 2008 contest—and his longstanding friendship with Newt Gingrich. Giuliani had spoken glowingly of Gingrich earlier in the campaign, and says he would have endorsed him if he'd run a better...

Marco Rubio: 'If I Do a Good Job as VP...'

Kevin Spak — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:00:05 CDT

Marco Rubio has said over and over that he doesn't want to be anyone's running mate this year, and he said it again yesterday in an interview with the National Journal at the University of Phoenix. But he also had what the Journal terms a "Freudian slip." "If in four...