Who will Mittens pick as his VP?

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If Romney wants to win, he'll pick Bush.

If Romney wants to play it ultra-safe, he'll pick Pawlenty, but that might actually hurt him because TPaw was only slightly popular in Minnesota, and he's only slightly popular with evangelicals, and he is slightly popular in the midwest; so he could hurt the ticket by having zero strengths which will be seen as a major weakness.  He's a DC outsider, so that is his only ace card. 

If Romney wants to go with pure competence, then it will be Portman, who doesn't have much political popularity, but will be able to run the executive branch effectively. 

I'm surprised that more established senators haven't gotten more consideration.  I think Burr, DeMint, Thune, and Alexander would all be safe choices, with established political capital within their states and among evangelicals.