Dayhoff Soundtrack: Veepstakes January 11, 2012 by Don Surber

Friday, January 13, 2012

Veepstakes January 11, 2012 by Don Surber

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I am not saying that he has it locked up, but I am wondering who Mitt Romney would choose as his running mate.

On July 4, 2011, in handicapping the Republican VP race, I gave a 25% chance to Herman Cain, 25% to Rick Santorum, 20% to Mitt Romney, 10% to Rick Perry, 5% to Tim Pawlenty, 1% to Michele Bachmann, 1% to Sarah Palin, 1% to Haley Barbour, 1% to Paul Ryan, 1% to Fred Thompson, 1% to Mitch Daniels, 1% to Chris Christie, 1% to John McCain, 1% to Joe Manchin, 1% to Dick Cheney, and 5% chance of someone else.

Six months later, scratch Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Fred Thompson, John McCain, Joe Manchin and Dick Cheney.

Oh and Mitt Romney.

That leaves Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Haley Barbour, Paul Ryan, Mitch Daniels and Chris Christie.

I would add Marco Rubio, Eric Cantor, Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley to the list.

Of that 10, my first choice would be Rick Santorum. He’s a solid social conservative who is the party’s best chance at picking up Pennsylvania. He can handle the worst the media will dish out. The downside is he is not much of a fiscal conservative, but Mitt Romney had that covered. Romney may be the most fiscally conservative presidential candidate since Calvin Coolidge… http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/49463

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