Portman's association with Bush makes this election about Bush...imagine the line from Obama and Biden when attacked over the deficit..."Romney's running mate was the budget director who presided over many deficits"
Portman won't work, folks...
I agree with all of this, all indications so far are Romney is running on the economy and the debt, so picking someone as to blame for it as Portman is, is just asking for trouble.
I could almost understand it if Portman was charismatic or very popular but he's just some guy in a suit to most people, when the most interesting thing I can think about to do with Portman is he looks a bit like Alan Hansen, there's nothing interesting (or to put it another way: vote winning) about him . Really, I have no idea why anyone thinks Portman should be anywhere the top of Romney's VP list.
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