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

[Mr. Morden]

Time to look for veep clues in Mitt Romney's grocery list:

http://www.mercurynews.com/presidentelect/ci_21252766/cart-maybe-hint-about-romneys-pick

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

[AmericanNation]

Time to look for veep clues in Mitt Romney's grocery list:

http://www.mercurynews.com/presidentelect/ci_21252766/cart-maybe-hint-about-romneys-pick

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

...People came over.  Apparently Romney eats like a wasp and drinks like a mormon, which is one notch above a starvation diet in my book.   

[Mr. Morden]

The fact that Romney bought Wild Cherry Pepsi means that he's going to make a wild pick.  And the fact that he bought Greek yogurt means that he's going to impose austerity on his running mate.

[AmericanNation]

Paul Ryan is a P90xer ...he probably would be a yogurt guy.  He doesn't imbibe anything unhealthy outside of a cup of coffee in the mourning. 

[Mr. Morden]

Veep search leader Beth Myers is the one who asked Nikki Haley to speak at the convention.  Christian Heinze wonders if this is how all of the convention speakers are approached:

http://gop12.thehill.com/2012/08/beth-myers-asked-haley-to-speak-at.html

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[RogueBeaver]

Ryan fun facts.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/things-rep-paul-ryan/story?id=16912974

The Atlantic pumps T-Paw.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/08/why-pawlenty-is-the-goldilocks-candidate-for-vice-president/260667/

[Keystone Phil]

All this talk about waiting until Ann returns from London...could we be missing the most obvious hint of all? Romney - Rafalca 2012?

[AmericanNation]

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...So he turned down Portman's job.  I didn't know that. 

[RogueBeaver]

Nor did I. Thankfully he didn't accept that poisoned chalice.

[Mr. Morden]

Martinez reiterates that she was never contacted by the Romney campaign about vetting:

http://www.newschannel10.com/story/19205113/nm-gov-tapped-to-speak-at-gop-convention

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[RogueBeaver]

Forget the Wiki theory.

Also, Rubio joins the bus tour.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/veep-beat-the-veeps-on-the-bus/
 
Chem is key.

http://gop12.thehill.com/2012/08/the-case-for-rapport.html

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Ryan fun facts.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/things-rep-paul-ryan/story?id=16912974

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FF

[Phony Moderate]

Paul Ryan is a militant atheist?

[RogueBeaver]

Pawlenty joins the bus tour.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/07/vp-contenders-in-the-field-for-romney/

The anti-boring backlash.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/07/romney-risks-a-worse-vp-pick-than-palin-by-going-with-boring-choice.html

[tmthforu94]

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

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Ryan fun facts.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/things-rep-paul-ryan/story?id=16912974

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FF

I have a feeling that Obama will end up using one of America's most celebrated and beloved authors against Ryan. That could cause problems.

[RogueBeaver]

One final caution: as Halperin said yesterday it depends on the strategy. If this is Obama '08 Veep strategizing on Boston's part, then yeah, 'tis musical chairs. And only one reputed shortlister has not been on the stump recently- in fact, we know that he's back at home.

Guess who.

[tmthforu94]

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

[RogueBeaver]

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

Was he even trading? Also LOL at Drudge's increasingly laughable feints.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

All this talk about waiting until Ann returns from London...could we be missing the most obvious hint of all? Romney - Rafalca 2012?

Rafalca was born in Germany, so she's not eligible to be Mitt's running mate.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Ryan fun facts.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/things-rep-paul-ryan/story?id=16912974

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FF

I have a feeling that Obama will end up using one of America's most celebrated and beloved authors against Ryan. That could cause problems.

She's celebrated and beloved mainly by people who don't study literature and have terrible taste in it. I don't even understand her political and ideological value when there are plenty of genuinely talented libertarian genre fiction authors out there and have been for most of the recent past.

What this indicates about Ryan's political beliefs most people already knew. What it indicates about his taste in literature and culture is worrying.

[RogueBeaver]

Given that Costa was the first to break news of Ryan's vetting back in June... a pretty big tea leaf.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/313326/ryan-rises-robert-costa

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Ryan is looking more and more likely...

[Grumpier Than Thou]

I'm 100% certain it's going to be Ryan.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I'm 100% certain it's going to be Ryan.

Im 99.9% certain...Rubio is still a possibility, I think.