Listen to him explain the bailout terms in a very easy, straightforward manner. Does that sound like a bad deal to you? Also, concerning Palin, I bet Romney wants “Sarah Palin to be Sarah Palin.” Because if she does that, McCain will lose handily and it’ll set up Romney perfectly for a 2012 run when [...]

I’m getting the sense that John McCain wasn’t really joking when he said he doesn’t know much about the economy. In the last few days, as bad financial news has piled up, McCain has seemed more than just unfocused, he’s seemed clueless. I’ll let the Wall Street Journal lay out the problem: Flip-flopping between assertions [...]

In addition to Tim Pawlenty essentially taking his own name off the list this morning, Fox News is reporting that Mitt Romney, who may or may not be in Dayton today, is not John McCain’s choice for a running mate: Sources told FOX News that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will not be McCain’s choice, [...]

The Secret Service put Biden under their protection right before the news broke he was Obama’s veep, but this appears to be a different situation… If security sweeps are the giveaway, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may be on the brink of being selected as Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) vice presidential running mate. According to [...]

Will it Romney? Pawlenty?? Or even…Lieberman??? My guess is it’ll be Romney, but here’s some good reasoning why it may not be the well-heeled former Governor… Mr. Romney remained the most talked-about possibility on Wednesday among Republican Party officials and on cable television, not least because of the theory that he would help Mr. McCain [...]

First there’s this from Townhall.com: Overheard: Pawlenty, Romney or Lieberman. Noon on Friday. Then, there’s this from Stephen Bainbridge: There’s a rumor floating around my little corner of the vast right-wing conspiracy that John McCain has cut his VP candidates down to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and FedEx CEO Fred Smith. Boy would the latter [...]

While the Democrats continue their convention in Denver, details are starting to leak out about John McCain’s anticipated announcement of his Vice-Presidential running mate. For example, The Politico reports that the McCain Campaign will move quickly to shift the focus from Obama and the Democrats: DENVER — John McCain is planning to rollout his vice-presidential [...]

Since Justin raised the question last night, I figured I’d contribute these thoughts adapted from a post at Below The Beltway. There’s a lot of merit in the argument that having Biden on the other side of the Democratic ticket makes it hard for McCain to pick someone who has only a limited amount of [...]

As the nation waits for Barack Obama’s Vice-Presidential announcement, attention is also turning to the question of who John McCain will choose as his running mate. And, it’s pretty clear that nobody has a clue right now. Last night, National Review’s Byron York reported that the list had narrowed to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and [...]

Wolf Blizter recently asked Veep contender and South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford about the differences between McCain’s economic platform and Bush’s. Result? He couldn’t come up with anything. At that point the chattering class basically 86′d him from the Veep list. Now Wolf turns his attention to Romney and asks him about McCain’s legislative achievements [...]

That’s the word from The Washington Times… They say Mr. Romney lacks trust on issues such as outlawing abortion and opposing same-sex marriage and because he is a Mormon. Opposition is particularly powerful among those who supported former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the Republican presidential primaries earlier this year. “McCain and Romney would be [...]

That’s the report coming out today. Mitt Romney would be the “safe choice,” the guy you go with to shore up a range of weaknesses, not the least of which being the economy. But choosing Romney would sacrifice the opportunity to choose someone dynamic enough to shake up this race. Romney might help bring out [...]

Hahaha, well Mitt…you might want to tell Dick Lugar that. I swear, the more Mitt talks, the less credible he seems. I don’t know how he does it.

Seriously, Karl… That’s so cliche of you to pick two former presidential running mates. As punishment, I’m going to remind everyone about the time you got down with your bad self (“MC Rove“) at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Anyway, this Sunday, Karl Rove came on “Fox News Sunday” and told Chris Wallace what he [...]

The money game is starting to get hairy for her. Earlier this year she loaned her campaign $5 million, and now this latest brings her close to $12 million total. That’s not anywhere close to Romney’s $35 million bust, but we’re not talking about chicken feed here. From TPM comes this from Hillary spokesperson Howard [...]

A new poll shows a wide cross section of opinion…with Mike Huckabee topping the list? Is that the guy Republicans really want to be a heartbeat away from the top spot? From Gallup: Nomination also-rans Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney receive the most mentions when Republicans are asked whom they would most like to see [...]

As anybody who reads PoliGazette on a regular basis knows, Michael van der Galiën has been very clear about his distaste for Obama’s brand of politics. And while I very rarely think Michael is giving Obama a fair shake, I understand that he’s not convinced that somebody so “new” can bring about the change he’s [...]

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How very un-Reagan of him. From Politico: Mitt Romney said in his first interview since departing the GOP race that he would accept the number two position on the ticket and that there is no lingering bitterness between him and John McCain. “I think any Republican leader in this country would be honored to be [...]

Now that’s a load of dough! From Boston.com: His campaign reported to the Federal Election Commission yesterday that he loaned his campaign $6.95 million during January to reach that total. The former Massachusetts governor’s total self-financing puts him ahead of Steve Forbes, the publisher who spent $38 million on his unsuccessful run for the GOP [...]