re: #152 freetoken

Perhaps Mitt would be better off picking an apparatchik. Look at GWB - he said he picked Cheney to head up the search for his VP candidate, not to be VP, but in the end was impressed to pick Cheney himself. (Personally I suspect this was the intended outcome by Cheney when GWB originally assigned him the task.)

Ask yourself: what does Willard Mitt Romney really want.

You say: POTUS. Ok, now ask yourself how deluded you think Romney is. How well is his grasp on reality? Can he read the survey analyses (and certainly he can afford to hire the best pollsters.)

Look at Obama. Did he really need Biden? Heck, did he really need anybody? No, he knew he was in control and it appears as if he picked Joe simply because they were comfortable with each other.

Mitt is not the favorite to win, and this idea that a VP candidate can swing an election is pretty tenuous, I think.

Was Obama elected because of Biden?
Was Bush elected because of Cheney?
Was Clinton elected because of Gore?
Was GHWB elected because of (oh… what’s his name again)?
Was Reagan elected because of GHWB?

and so on down the line.

Fair points. I guess the question really isn’t who he will choose but rather what he will look for in a running mate.