Mitt Romney to Pick Veep After Olympic Games: Who Will It Be?

by Chris D Posted 2012/07/18 18:00:00

Related Topics: VP Pick, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, GOP, Condoleezza Rice, Republican Convention, Republican, Huckabee, 2012 Election, Mike Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Pawlenty, Presidential, Sarah, Ticket, Running Mate, Vice President

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	Paul Ryan	178 votes	18%
	Condoleezza Rice	384 votes	39%
	Bobby Jindal	138 votes	14%

There are a few other potential picks -- like Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin -- for Mitt Romney's Vice Presidential running mate, but the Republican candidate will most likely pick one of the names listed below. Who do you think Romney will choose as his running mate?

NYDAILYNEWS.COM reports:
Kicking the vice presidential sweepstakes into overdrive, Mitt Romney Tuesday announced his running mate’s staff — but is still debating when to unveil his actual choice for No. 2 on the GOP ticket. Sources close to the Romney campaign told the Daily News the working plan has been to announce the pick after the Olympic Games, which begin next week and conclude Aug. 12 — two weeks before the Republican convention in Tampa.

games begin week conclude aug 12 weeks republican convention tampa

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C. C. Rider 2012/07/20 18:11:46 (edited)

Condoleezza Rice

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Let's face it, this guy is perfect...and rumor has it, he has had a few free passes out of jail too!!! HE is the perfect Con!!!

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alun.palmer 2012/07/28 21:56:53

Rob Portman

So they say. Paul Ryan would be the kiss of death for the Florida vote.

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Steve 2012/07/28 21:27:04

Rob Portman

None of the above, though Portman is the best fit of these. I predict Thune:

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Jackie 2012/07/28 02:12:27

Bobby Jindal

Not really Jindal he is not eligible he is not a NBC. But no "or other" option was offered.

I would love Palin or Bachman. But I think he will pick John Kasich. Who is also a great choice.

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Saye Saye 2012/07/27 21:28:27

Paul Ryan

None of the above...Rubio.

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ETpro 2012/07/27 15:14:55 (edited)

Rob Portman

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Your guess is as good as mine. Probably not Virginia Gov. Trans Vaginal Probe McDonnell.

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Anthony 2012/07/27 15:02:11

Condoleezza Rice

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Every Pres needs a supertanker.

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Mark 2012/07/27 10:17:27

Condoleezza Rice

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I would like to see her be President one day. I have a feeling that she wont be picked because he will not want to be upstaged.

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Mopeder 2012/07/27 10:14:34

Condoleezza Rice

It won't be Condi Rice. Other than that, I couldn't care less.

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9th of 9 2012/07/23 10:57:09 (edited)

Bobby Jindal

In fact, no Republican delegate is "bound" (required by law or party rules) to support Romney or any other particular candidate at Tampa

* The Associated Press count, source for most news media, has consistently presented inflated, misleading and inaccurate figures. The "AP Delegate Tracker" (http://hosted.ap.org/interac... betrays a casual disregard for precision, e.g., with this clearly false statement: "Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney became the Republican party's presidential nominee by crossing the threshold of 1,144 delegates to the GOP national convention this summer." This is simply false.

http://thereal2012delegatecou...

Edit: So you see, this is just a bunch of hipe. He can pick who he wants but he doesn't even know if he is the Nominee yet. We shall see after the Convention.

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skip to 9th of 9 2012/07/23 15:19:04

little ope

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Timmy 2012/07/23 00:36:59

Paul Ryan

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It doesn't matter, the corrupt bastard is going down sooner rather than later.

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bbwolf35 2012/07/22 23:53:05

Tim Pawlenty

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I like Condoleeza but she keeps insisting she doesn't want it. Portman is too much like Romney and of other 3 I think Pawlenty is the best choice.

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Madeline M. 2012/07/22 21:16:21

Condoleezza Rice

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I want it to be her because she's an amazing public speaker and will get thee African American vote and the women's, but I don't think she will agree to run for Vice President,

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mblack to Madelin... 2012/07/23 06:29:29

You are wrong about the black and female vote. She's republican that served under Bush. That fact alone will not bring any new voters. Feminist won't voter for her. Blacks won't voter for her. Primarily because the GOP has not made ANY effort to diversify their constituency.

You are right about her being an amazing public speaker and not wanting to be VP though.

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JenSemPa to Madelin... 2012/07/23 08:22:59

>>>and will get thee African American vote>>>

I don't think so. Remember that Condi Rice would be an African American conservative going up against an African American liberal. Given that choice, most African Americans would vote for the latter.

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Jasmine to Madelin... 2012/07/29 17:18:41

Well, actually she won't get all the women's vote.

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President Camacho 2012/07/22 20:55:51

Bobby Jindal

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none of them...probably rubio.

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Blessed Sheep Gone Wild! 2012/07/22 20:17:00

Condoleezza Rice

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Anyone that has been Sec of State is Overqualified for VP.

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readmylips 2012/07/22 18:33:16

Paul Ryan

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I hope it will be Rubio or Allen West. None of the above.

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gayle1965 to readmylips 2012/07/23 14:33:35

YOU ARE NUTS!! THEY ARE BOTH SCUM BAGS!!!

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Crank_It_Up 2012/07/22 10:19:00

Condoleezza Rice

it won't be condi, but none of the above was missing from the list of options. romney will have a real problem picking a running mate, as outsourcing will not work in this case

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JenSemPa to Crank_I... 2012/07/23 08:25:05

If Romney picks her, or anyone else who supports legalized abortion, then I will not go through with my plan to vote for Romney.

Obviously I wouldn't vote for Obama either. I'd either find a suitable-to-me third-party candidate to vote for, or I would abstain from voting.

Abstaining would be bad, but for me to enable the slaughter of unborn babies (by voting for any candidate who supports it) would be a grave sin. I ain't doing it.

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JoeLove... to JenSemPa 2012/07/27 11:48:50

I agree with your pro life stance but you can't letting that be the only deciding issue. Let's say 3 choices for pres and all are pro choice, abstaining would essentially be a vote for Obama.

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*K'eim*h3reg' *Peh2u *Meg' 2012/07/22 00:48:33

Rob Portman

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Okay, no offense, but only an idiot would think its going to be Condi. Just a lot of media blathering.

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Wizard 2012/07/21 23:44:11

Bobby Jindal

Bobby Jindal...to try and attack his old healthcare bill.
Picking Condi is too far left for the Tea Party.

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True~Male 2012/07/21 22:41:09

Tim Pawlenty

if it's condoleeza Rice --Obama is history --but someone said she 's not interested .

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Chokmah 2012/07/21 21:01:51

Condoleezza Rice

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She's a woman, she's black, she's an intellectual... she's the perfect anti-Obama.

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True~Male to Chokmah 2012/07/21 22:42:16

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She could end up being President someday as well -- The first woman to ever hold the position.

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RoseLyle to Chokmah 2012/07/23 04:43:19

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I like her too! Yet I think if she is smart as I have always thought she was, she would never get on the ticket with Romney.

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mblack to Chokmah 2012/07/23 06:13:07

She's republican that served under Bush. That alone will not bring any new voters to Romney. Feminist won't voter for her. Blacks won't voter for her, the GOP has not made ANY effort to diversify their constituency.

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Chokmah to mblack 2012/07/23 18:17:56

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ROFL

She is a black, female, intellectual... that will attract millions.

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mblack to Chokmah 2012/07/24 11:08:27

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Right, keep thinking that will sway liberals to vote republican. Ain't gonna happen.

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the_old_coach 2012/07/21 20:23:06

Paul Ryan

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On this list, I'm leaning to it being Ryan. It won't be Sarah Palin or Portman (my choice).

However, I believe that Marco Rubio will be the pick. Has he dropped out the polls? I haven't seen that...why is he not listed?

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alun.pa... to the_old... 2012/07/28 22:00:10

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Paul Ryan would lose the election for him. He needs Florida, and no-one can get elected there if they want to cut soc security and medicare.

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GoatHorns 2012/07/21 19:43:57

Rob Portman

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who knows, it's just going to be some useless dolt that i'm not voting for anyway. Mitt and Obama may as well pick each other for running mates, they're so alike.

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DavidK to GoatHorns 2012/07/22 07:22:37
GoatHorns to DavidK 2012/07/22 08:17:38

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by paying attention. you should try it sometime. they're funded by the same people, and stand for the same wars, fiat currency system, police state, and bloated government.

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DavidK to GoatHorns 2012/07/22 13:42:07

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For starters, how naive of you libtards to think a Muslim and a Mormon are the same....

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sodabox to DavidK 2012/07/22 17:36:04

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Obamacare came from Romneycare.

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DavidK to sodabox 2012/07/22 19:42:46

+1
Hummmmm... Seems to be a slight difference.......

*RomneyCare
-Whole bill was 70 pages
-Romney vetoed significant sections of the bill including the employer penalty for not providing health insurance
-Romney favored an “opt out” provision from the mandate
-No federal gov. insurance option
-Intended as a market driven solution to healthcare

*OBAMACARE
-Whole bill was 2,074 pages
-Very broad regulation of the insurance industry including an employer penalty for not providing health insurance and no "opt out" provision
-Leaves open the option of creating single-payer gov. insurance in the future
-Intended as a step toward gov. run insurance

Costs

*ROMNEYCARE
-No new taxes!
-Romney balanced the state’s budget first, then passed healthcare law
-No cuts to Medicare benefits
-Modest cost to state (only added 1% to state budget)

*OBAMACARE
-Increased taxes by $500 billion+
-Despite massive federal gov. debt, Obama still passed Obamacare
-Cuts Medicare by $500 billion
-Overall costs unknown!

Popularity

*RomneyCare
-Very strong bipartisan support
-Strong special interest support
-Very popular among the public in Massachusetts
-Strong consensus of approval was built in the state to support the law
-Consensus was built to support an individual mandate

*OBAMACARE
-Absolutely no bipartisan support
-Very controversial an...

Hummmmm... Seems to be a slight difference.......

*RomneyCare
-Whole bill was 70 pages
-Romney vetoed significant sections of the bill including the employer penalty for not providing health insurance
-Romney favored an “opt out” provision from the mandate
-No federal gov. insurance option
-Intended as a market driven solution to healthcare

*OBAMACARE
-Whole bill was 2,074 pages
-Very broad regulation of the insurance industry including an employer penalty for not providing health insurance and no "opt out" provision
-Leaves open the option of creating single-payer gov. insurance in the future
-Intended as a step toward gov. run insurance

Costs

*ROMNEYCARE
-No new taxes!
-Romney balanced the state’s budget first, then passed healthcare law
-No cuts to Medicare benefits
-Modest cost to state (only added 1% to state budget)

*OBAMACARE
-Increased taxes by $500 billion+
-Despite massive federal gov. debt, Obama still passed Obamacare
-Cuts Medicare by $500 billion
-Overall costs unknown!

Popularity

*RomneyCare
-Very strong bipartisan support
-Strong special interest support
-Very popular among the public in Massachusetts
-Strong consensus of approval was built in the state to support the law
-Consensus was built to support an individual mandate

*OBAMACARE
-Absolutely no bipartisan support
-Very controversial and divided special interes...
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