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It's the nature of the office. Either you're lampooned as an obsequious toad for doing the president's bidding or you're a hapless clown the moment you step out of line.
As "Vice President" of the United States of America it's my enormous privilege to serve the people of this great nation.
You probably heard that someone was auctioning off former president Ronald Reagan's blood. What you probably didn't hear was that a scientist has actually used some of that blood to clone Reagan to be Romney's vice presidential nominee.
The elections of today are all about appearance and public perception; looking "presidential," it seems, is now more important than a candidate's ability to act as such. A vice presidential candidate is not immune from these superficial requirements.
Mitt Romney's next major campaign move, selecting his Vice Presidential nominee, might decide what looks to be a very close general election. If you don't believe me, look no further than Sarah Palin in 2008.
Bobby Jindal is, literally, a Rhodes scholar. He is also a biology major who claims there is "no scientific theory" that explains how organic life comes from inorganic matter. You know, like abiogenesis through the formation of amino acids, most likely in the Eoarchean era.
Chris Christie would be the perfect vice presidential nominee on Mitt Romney's GOP presidential ticket if he is who his supporters say he is. Howeve...
He does after all have a lot of attributes that will appeal to Republican voters all over the country. He's white, male and middle aged, as well as white, male and middle aged, and actually white, male and middle aged.
The presidential election is over 175 days away. Barring unforeseen circumstances, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney will be the Republican candidate running against Pres. Barack Obama. The Democrats already have their running mate (VP Joe Biden), but who will Mitt choose? An impressive lineup of candidates has emerged, but alas, there can only be one winner.
2012 can be the year where we finally break the glass ceiling in our highest political offices by electing a ticket with a woman vice president.
While Jindal may help the Republican Party among Asian American voters (Jindal's parents emigrated from India), I think he would also help with gaining support among highly-educated voters, which is another group that the GOP has been having problems with.
I think that it would be a mistake for Mitt Romney to pick him as his running mate in this election cycle. There are three reasons for this: first, the fit is bad, second, it's won't help Romney win; finally, Rubio isn't ready to be president.
Mitt Romney's wife Ann may not be the only "secret weapon" the GOP's presumptive nominee is planning to deploy this fall to try to surmount his embarrassing double-digit gender gap with President Obama among women voters.
Talking to Brad Hall and Julia Louis-Dreyfus about their delightful new short film, Picture Paris, the conversation ranged from the intricacies of Parisian culture to the hilarious masturbation episode of Seinfeld.
The 2012 Republican "Veep-Stakes" are barely underway, and already two schools of thought are emerging on the wisdom of nominating Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as Mitt Romney's running mate.
If Mitt Romney is focused on winning, one can expect him to pick a "mini-me" who he personally likes, rather than someone flashy.
