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WASHINGTON and WOLFEBORO, N.H. -- The veepstakes speculation just got more fuel.
The Romney campaign today officially announced its swing-state bus tour beginning Saturday. It will start in Virginia; then head to North Carolina Sunday, the day the Olympics conclude; Florida Monday, Aug. 13; and end in Ohio Tuesday, Aug. 14.
Potential vice-presidential picks will be making appearances.
NBC's Alex Moe reports that Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) will join Romney on the first leg of the tour in Virginia.
NBC's Andrew Rafferty reports that Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), a veep front runner, will join Romney in Ohio.
*** UPDATE *** Marco Rubio will join Romney on part of the Florida leg of the bus tour.
Today, Romney huddled with top aides, including chief strategist Stu Stevens, and Beth Myers, head of the VP search process, for more than two hours at his lakeside home on Monday. Also present -- senior adviser Eric Fehrnstrom and Policy Director Lanhee Chen.
One aide described the meeting as a strategy session, and denied that the vice-presidential selection was discussed.
It's possible a Romney vice-presidential pick is made on the bus tour, but it's also possible that it is designed to create buzz and excitement around the campaign and a VP selection is announced after it.
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not all congressman and senators have released their taxes- not sure where you get your info- they do release financials but that doesnt mean their returns are in there- and more then half of all congressman and senators have overseas bank accts in including Wasserman-Schultz, Pelosi's own brother secured multi-million dollar grant and she herself went in w/a six figure bank acct and now has many millions- I think both parties steal and lie
Even if they didn't, they're not running for POTUS, right?
everyone in public office should have their returns for viewing dogcatchers to presidents- after all they are in charge of our tax money
Yep, so let's see 10 years of Romney's.
to have a net gain in jobs because of new people in the wrok force- from college and highschool you would have to create 250k a month- thats to break even- we are way behind that-I see no progress from the progressive party except massive debt
We've had 29 consecutive months of private sector growth and were losing 750,000 as Obama took office. Come on, my glass in half full.
"FREE PROGRAMS , FREE BENEFITS , FREE FOOD , FREE OBAMAPAY " - us tax payers will pay for it ALL - Mark my words !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You elect Romney and you will be taxed 2,000 a year just to pay for His tax cuts for the rich. You need to WAKE UP and put down the KOOL-AID.
The Romney theme song (?): Brother Love's Travelin' Salvation Show (?)
so we see that uncle joe has been given another week of r&r. clearly obama is experiencing buyer's remorse with his choice of mr. gaffe last time around. joe has nothing to add so it would seem, and i have it on good authority, that bill will nominate hillary for vp. that is unless monica shows up and distracts him.
also heard that barry is going to dump michelle. that helps explain the recent flip-flop on gay marriage. barry is going to ask harry to move into the white house to be his main squeeze. after all we do remember harry fawning all over barry a few years ago when he said:
"Harry Reid, the Democrat Senate Majority Leader and the national government's highest-ranking Mormon (just like romney), has admitted now remarking apparently with some amazement on the nation's highest-ranking black Democrat as being notably "light-skinned" and having "no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one."
i added the bold for the religious bigots on the left.
Why do hillbillies always have their stories so BACKWARDS?
Ending in OH, does that mean Portman is VP pick?
lLarge bolt font doesnt make your post any more credible...
As Ted Cruz said, the 2010 Republican tsunami is still coming in 2012......The Tea party will put in a GOP Senate , and a Republican to the White House
Romney is only behind when you overweight Democrats. In the Quinnipiac polls that had Romney down by six in FL, OH, and PA, they asked the respondents who they voted for in 2008. The respondents reported that in FL they voted for BO over McCain by 13 points but BO's margin of victory was only 3 points. In OH, the overweighting of BO supporters was also ten points, 15 vs. BO's margin of victory of 5. So support for BO was overweighted by ten in both those states yet BO only had a six point lead in those states. If you look at the internals of most of the other polls, you find the same overweighting of Democrats. Besides, it should be expected that the challenger is behind. Clinton was behind Bush until the Dems convention, Reagan was neck and neck with Carter until the actual voting started. The important number to look at is BO's approval rating, and that is negative in most polls. Romney will win in a landslide.
You people who believe Obama inherited this economy are DELUSIONAL!
It was a Democratic run Senate AND House!!!
The Republicans who don't like Bush don't like him because he GAVE IN TO THEM.
Wake up and get your heads out of your butts.
There's no hope for you Gina, sorry
I've heard that Bill called Mitt, and asked about the chance of having Hillary run as Mitt's VP.
They said that if Obama is reelected, they both know it dooms Hil's chances in 2016.
He said Obama is such an abysmal failure in everything that really matters to the country, in 2016 the electorate will sweep the Republicans into power like never seen before.
excuse me, I'm old and go through memory lapses, some one tell me where you get the idea that it is a requirement to release income tax returns to run for President? I do not remember Bush1 or 2 doing it or Carter, Reagan, Clinton (well there was all that flap about his and Hilary's connievence in a loan scandal in Ark.) releasing their tax returns. is it in one of the amendments to the Constitution? because it is not in Article 2 on the age and citizenship requirements to be Pres. if it isn't in the Constitution, it is not a requirement to run or be elected to the office. but as the Dems have brought the subject up, I would like to know how Obama went from a lowly paid Senator to a multi-millionaire in the "oval office". I doubt it was from writting a book. some thing stinks like 3 day old fish. and its comming from the senate majority leader and the oval office.
The fact is all of the above mentioned presidents did release tax information - more than Mitt had shown.
Writing successful books - sales, royalties, etc. Also Michelle Obama has written a book and also worked as an attorney prior to her life as first lady.
gary f. maynard...
"One year could be a fluke, perhaps done for show, and what mattered in personal finance was how a man conducted himself over the long haul" - George Romney on tax return releases.
he's planning to have more than 1?
I just can't believe the Liberal drivable that is being posted here. It shows once again the liberals have no thought process other than to do exactly what the DNC instructs them to. Yes Romney is a loser but Obama is a catastrophe. Obama thrives on Chaos and lies. I don't think the man has to old one true thing since he ran for senate. he even told enough lies to defeat hilary Clinton at her own game. Now that takes a lying aficionado. I can tell that our children have been taught the Socialism is the answer and that Capitalism is bad. That working for what you want isn't the right way but sharing everything amongst everyone is the fair way. They don remember or Know what Russia went through for 70 years before they were able to break away and only after the Free World lead by the USA could they do that. These people claim to be Patriots but they want to destroy the very thing that gives them the right to think the way they do without being killed for it. Liberalism is the Party of failure. Anyone that is successful based on Liberalism is evil and taking away from someone else. To make it simple if I have a wide-screen TV becasue I worked at two jobs and saved my money to buy it my neighbor should also get one so I don't make him fell bad or I should just give up the one i have so as to not hurt someones feelings. what Archaic Bull @!$%#.
I think Romney should give much more consideration to Col.Allen West of Florida, or perhaps he is , and is keeping it quiet and is going to spring it at the last minute to really throw a monkey-wrench into the left-wing Socialist Media's bumbling, and to make them look even Stupider than they are. A strong Conservative Military Man of Color, and proven political and Military Leader, who is not afraid to take on the race-baiting left wing Socialist Loud Mouths, is exactly what we need in a Vice President.
Okay, okay, wouldn't cause a huge stir if Willard chose Michelle Bachmann contingent on her immediate departure to Utah to take second lady lessons. She'll have to wear cotton homespun dresses sprinkled with tiny little forget-me-nots, crochet collars, her hair in a bun sitting around in full apron looking like a female-robot politician; while Anne constantly reminds her "I'm the first lady - sisterwife." Wasn't this a reality show???? I think I saw Michelle on there her clothes and hair were different; starring straight ahead; completely brainwashed......WILLARD SHOW US YOUR TAXES OR RECEIVE OUR AXES!!!!!
First off will you idiots shut the F up about his Taxes He's a business man and has filed taxes and took every loop hole available, WHY not !. If I was him I wouldn't bring them up either because the F liberals including Obama thugs will try to make something out of it. Oh and also the liberal Media, like MSN, CBS, NBC etc etc. would have a field day with it.
Now back to his running mate. The only choice is Rubio from FL. Why? Because he is very smart and quick on his feet. I trust him more than Obama any day of the week. Romney will take FL for sure, it will swing the Independent Voters, and the Hispanic Vote which will be needed. And I think it will be very possible that if things changes for the good with Romney as President you could very well see Rubio as the first Hispanic President WHY NOT! And by the way I'm white (proud of it) and a Democrat for the past 40 years. I have always voted for the person not the Party. Can you Liberal Democrats say the same thing. I voted for Clinton and voted for Reagon.
...show us your taxes Mitt!
"NBC's Alex Moe reports that Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) will join Romney on the first leg of the tour in Virginia...."
So, if Bob McDonnell is selected as Romney's running mate, will Domenico and Mark invite me to appear in one of their videos, where I will be able to say , "TOLD YOU SO A YEAR AGO!!"
Bob McDonnell (R-VA) - excellent choice. Wasn't he in support of the trans- vaginal ultrasound for women wanting an abortion? Also, didn't he give credit to President Obama for the jobs numbers in Virginia? I'm sure these and other facts will give Obama/Biden more votes if McDonnell is chosen. Just something to think about - someone against women's rights and someone who supports the actions of a Democratic president.
Must be a slow news day. Not too many comments about the VP selection - just the usual blather. The VP selection is very important to everyone as he/she will be taking over from Romney in eight years.
Election 2012: Indiana President
Romney Up Big in Indiana
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Four years ago, President Obama became the first Democrat since 1964 to win Indiana. He looks unlikely to repeat that feat.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state finds challenger Mitt Romney picking up 51% of the vote while the president earns just 35%. Three percent (3%) prefer some other candidate, and 11% are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The Indiana survey of 400 Likely Voters was conducted July 31-August 1, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.
For all you swing-state libtards, you just lost another state!!!
Romney 2012!!! Yeah Baby!!!
Hear Ye, Hear Ye.... attention all Libtards: Romney will be the next President of the United States. The ole Hope & Change... didn't quite work for the people, so we've decided to take matters into our own hands. See ya! hahahaha
...Show us your taxes Mitt!
I truly hope Romney doesn't make the mistake of selecting Portman. Can you say, 'milk toast'? He needs someone with a little more zip and personality... say, MARCO RUBIO! Romney - please, please, please make the right decision and pick Marco Rubio as your running mate!
yes Marco Rubio would be good
If I were Messrs. McDonnell or Portman, I'd be careful about accepting the No. 2 spot if it's offered.
Rumor is, Mitt will have them travel with him in "family dog" style.
You know, in a cage on top of the campaign bus.
Better than being the main dish at the next state dinner.
Romney's likeable rating is 32%. That is probably just his tea party, right wing base. He has 90 days to make 20% more of America like him enough to vote for him. It ain't going to happen. It most likely will get worse for Mitt the Twit when he bombards television with all the negative ads that his super?-pacs have paid for. His 32% is his high water mark. It will fall even lowwer in the next 90 days.
That same poll had BO's approval at 36% and Romney ahead by one. And if the 32% was his high mark, could you explain why a poll came out the very next day that had him at 52% approval?
Never do I remember the two parties being so divided. I guess POTUS can borrow the banner from Pres. Bush...."Mission Accomplished".