Who’ll be Romney’s running mate?

As I said earlier, it now looks almost certain that Mitt Romney will clinch the nomination. The primaries may not quite be over yet, but it’s never too early to speculate about who he’ll pick to be his Vice Presidential candidate. Indeed, 2008 Republican nominee John McCain weighed in this morning. ‘I think it should be Sarah Palin,’ he chuckled. ‘We have a wealth of talent out there and I’m sure that Mitt will make the right choice,’ he added more seriously, before breaking into laughter again as he said ’Obviously, it’s a tough decision’.

The favourite for the job is still Florida Senator Marco Rubio. His odds lengthened somewhat at the end of last year, particularly following the revelation that he embellished the story of his parents move to the United States from Cuba. But they shortened again when he endorsed Romney last