Romney Veep

[pbrower2a]

Romney needs a Southerner to shore up an area that he could lose. He has no obvious cause for appeal in the South -- he has a religion as Yankee as it gets. Obama has some chance to pick off a couple of states in the South that he lost in 2008, as he has fairly high approval ratings in South Carolina, Georgia, and even Texas.  44% approval makes a state competitive -- which is where Obama is in Texas and Georgia.   

Forget DeMint, Chambliss, Wicker, Cochrane, Coburn, and Imhofe; they are all too far to the right to appeal in states like Indiana and Ohio. Hutchinson wants out of Washington. Alexander is now as old as Biden. House Majority Whip -- the job that McDonnell wants -- has more power than VP.

Corker? Graham?

[pbrower2a]

Romney isn't winning.  His favorables with Republicans aren't good enough.

McCain and Giuliani led the field last time. Romney is the only one running who appeals to the big ticket states, and the only one who can reasonably appeal to independents.

While I won't say that he won't win, barring scandal, he has his work cut out for him.

Um, what big ticket states does Romney appeal to? Utah?

California, New York, Florida, Illinois.

Three of those states haven't voted for a Republican nominee for President since the Soviet Union was in existence. In 2008, every one of those three voted for Obama by huge margins.

[pbrower2a]

Romney isn't winning.  His favorables with Republicans aren't good enough.

McCain and Giuliani led the field last time. Romney is the only one running who appeals to the big ticket states, and the only one who can reasonably appeal to independents.

While I won't say that he won't win, barring scandal, he has his work cut out for him.

Um, what big ticket states does Romney appeal to? Utah?

California, New York, Florida, Illinois.

Three of those states haven't voted for a Republican nominee for President since the Soviet Union was in existence. In 2008, every one of those three voted for Obama by huge margins.

No offense, but this is the second time in two days that you seem to be totally clueless about the distinction between the primaries and the GE, even when it's completely obvious from context.

OK. Some Democrat will win the respective Utah primary in 2016 and some Republican will win the respective Vermont primary in 2016.