Romney to announce running mate on Saturday @9am ET in Norfolk, VA

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Don't have a link, but Daniels has agreed to become President of Purdue University. He's out of the running.

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No link, but my sources out in Utah said Condi Rice was the star of Romney's speech, receiving a standing ovation. I expect her name to start being floated around more.

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Just a question:

How many points would Rice be leading President Obama by if she were the presumptive nominee?

I'm going to say it would be around 49-44.

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If Rice were pro-life, she'd be a homerun pick.

As it stands, it comes down to whether the risk is worth the reward. GOP turnout may be slightly lower, however, could it be made up in moderate voters? I'm not sure if Romney is willing to take that risk, especially since he can win with a boring pick.

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As much as I love Condi, and as brilliant and qualified as she is, I think we all know that Mitt is not going to take that extraordinary risk of picking a pro life candidate.

A Romney Rice ticket and administration would be my dream for America though.

My thoughts. America needs Romney/Rice. Between Romney's brilliance on economics and Rice's brilliance on foreign policy, those two would easily have one of the best administrations we've had, and would heal many of our problems.

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As much as I love Condi, and as brilliant and qualified as she is, I think we all know that Mitt is not going to take that extraordinary risk of picking a pro life candidate.

A Romney Rice ticket and administration would be my dream for America though.

My thoughts. America needs Romney/Rice. Between Romney's brilliance on economics and Rice's brilliance on foreign policy, those two would easily have one of the best administrations we've had, and would heal many of our problems.

Agreed, but I think we all know she won't be the VP nominee, unfortunately.  But President Romney could call upon her to accept the office of Secretary of State yet again. 

I've given a little thought to who our cabinet will be - She'd be excellent. I also would be happy with Senator Lugar, despite his age. It's a shame - she'd do much better than Portman will do as our VP.

Maybe Condi can run after Mitt's 8 years are up? She wouldn't be too old.

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If this were true, wow...

I think this could be a killer ticket - just need to find a way to shore up conservatives.

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I know Rice was mostly floated as a distraction... but after a bad overseas trip and lagging numbers, she's a risk I'd look into. Almost every swing state poll (and some safe-D states), show Rice being a significant help for Romney.

If Romney can figure out a way to get around the abortion issue, I think she's the best pick.

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This tells me that either A) The pick won't be announced on the bus tour, or B) Pawlenty won't be chosen.

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Drudge has an article saying Romney may have met with David Petraeus about being VP in New Hampshire. Expect his Intrade stock to rise.

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I had a dream last night, and in it, Romney announced via email that the pick would be made on August 15th.

I also dreamt it would rain yesterday, and it did. So make of this what you wish.

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I'm okay with this.