Why Mitt Romney won't be McCain's VP
Yesterday, Mike Huckabee and John McCain reunited to campaign together in Arkansas and reminded the reporters travelling with them of old times by making Mitt Romney the butt of their jokes as they did so many times during the primaries. Huckabee, to laughter from McCain, declared that: “You know for me, the fortunate thing is I don’t have to go around and unsay anything I said during the campaign”. The contrast here is with Romney who has had to backtrack on his previous criticisms of McCain and his comment that “I’m not going to be being any vice president to John McCain”.
In many ways, Romney makes sense as a VP pick. He would help McCain in the swing state of Michigan and with fundraising as well as adding some managerial and domestic policy heft to the ticket. But McCain still seems to enjoy a joke at Romney’s expense rather too much to share a ticket with him.