After Monday's reports that republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney might announce his pick for vice president for the 2012 elections sometime this week, Reuters released a short list of the top three choices to run on the G.O.P ticket with Romney in the 2012 elections.
According to Steve Holland of Reuters, Romney is likely to make his choice between Ohio Senator Bob Portman, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
Senior adviser to Romney's campaign, Eric Fehrnstrom announced, "No decision has been made. An announcement could happen any time between now and the convention, but it will only happen after a decision has been made and no decision has been made," according to the article.
Never the less, Holland is quick to point out, "Many Republicans in Washington believe Romney will ultimately choose Portman, who has foreign-policy experience that Romney lacks based on his service as U.S. trade representative for Republican President George W. Bush and his current tenure on the Senate Armed Services Committee," as reported on the Slatest.
According to the report, NYT's Jeff Zeleny, Romney might turn to his friend and confidant Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota to join him on the ticket. However, Pawlenty told the Times, "I'm happy to help where I can... I think I can best serve him in other ways, but anybody would be honored to be asked."
The Slatest Magazine suggests that Romney might choose former secretary of state, Condolezza Rice. Over the past few weeks names such as Rob Portman, Ohio senator; Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana; Tom Thune- Senator from South Dakota .
The announcement might divert attention from the heat Romney has been receiving about releasing his tax returns during his time at the private equity firm Bain. The Obama administration has been rather successful in making Romney's finance a topic discussion and speculation, accusing the G.O.P. presidential candidate to be running his campaign on "dishonestly and falsehood," according to Yahoo News.
In a Monday interview with Fox News, Romney refuted the allegations saying, "I think when people accuse you of a crime you have a reason to go after them pretty hard, and I'm going to continue going after him...What does it say about a president whose record is poor that all he can do in his campaign is attack me?"
