Does anyone but Romney even want the GOP VP job?Follow

http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN2233453320080722


Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday he does not want to be considered as vice president on the GOP ticket, making him among a growing number of those pulling themselves out of the race.

It's getting harder and harder to imagine a sitting GOP politician wanting to risk their career on such a losing proposition. The McCain campaign may be getting closer and closer to being cornered into picking up someone the candidate openly despises for the bottom of the ticket. I'd have to revise my Romney odds to closer to even money now.

The futures market has Romney at 37% likely, by far the highest, with Tim Pawlenty a fairly distant second.

On the plus side, Romney seems really well-groomed.

While I can't stand the guy, I have to admit that in person he's very charismatic and gracious. Fortunately on television he comes across as a closeted gay uncle who spends most of his time shoe shopping.

Clean and articulate.

It's his magic underwear. That whole meme is good for at least two or three more days of amusement if he ends up with the VP slot.

And hes oh, so good,
And hes oh, so fine,
And hes oh, so healthy,
In his body and his mind.
Hes a well respected man about town,
Doing the best things so conservatively.

Thanks, I really needed that stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

Gov. Palin has a contingent of supporters (Palin for VP!) whose starry-eyedness is rivaled only by the Ron Paul sect.

You can talk of Obama's supporters but at least Obama has a good shot of getting the job he's going for.

Well, either Nome is exceptionally wired into the 'net (what else do they have to do up there?) or else she's infected some of the other dinks who post in the various blog comments section.

"McCain NEEDS to use Palin as his VP and he has this LOCKED UP!!!!"

Except that Palin isn't looking so hot since the scandal about her vendetta against her ex-brother-in-law broke out.

(She tried to get him fired from his job as a state trooper, and when that didn't work, she fired his boss.)

Has Crist bowed out? If so then color me stupid for having thought he was the "presumptive VP cannidate" all along.

I keep hearing that Pawlenty, the Governor of MN, is still in serious contention.

Given the recent polling in Minnersoter *which is almost certainly a statistical deviation or a mistake* which shows McCain suddenly closing 15 points in a day, he sure should be.

The reality though, is that Romney brings deep pockets and the ability to fundraise right in the demographic where McCain can't. I think he's probably stuck with him, even though he despises the guy. If Obama goes with Bayh, which is looking more and more likely, the VP debate will be compelling battle of fake saccharine smiles the likes of which hasn't been seen in decades.

I'll do it.

Crist is getting married, so at the gayest he's bi.

Crist is getting married, so at the gayest he's bi.

Yeah, being married just magiks the gay right away. He's gay, he can't raise money, and he delivers virtually no votes in Florida. He has zero chance of being the VP nominee unless 11 other guys die.