So Willard has selected his VP

[malaise]

What happens Willard exits the ticket - does the VP become the presidential candidate?

Pawlenty anyone?

[monmouth]

1. Liz Cheney...n/t

[malaise]

2. Not remotely possible

or he wouldn't have avoided a pic with the war criminal of a dick.

[lastlib]

4. just the name is walking death

She has no experience other than being a loudmouth for some "think tank". (Amazes me what passes for a "think tank" in CONservative circles...)

Since there is no precedent for the top of the ticket quitting, I would imagine it would be up to the RNC to select the party candidate. The VP nominee would be an option, but not a lock, necessarily. When Eagleton left the Dem ticket in '72, McGovern picked a new running mate (Shriver), who was ratified by the DNC, since the convention had adjourned. Whether the VP candidate would change with selection of a different presidential candidate is open to question, unless the VP candidate moved up to the top spot; the original VP might not be a good match to whoever takes over the presidential nomination, so I would suppose that a new VP candidate might be chosen as well, again, by the RNC.

This is all just a semi-somewhat-educated guess, of course.....If Romney stepped aside as the P candidate, the turmoil would be un-frickin'-believable. So I'm guessing that whatever shakes out, he'd try to weather the storm, and take his licks in the general election. (This would be pretty much a case of the ship going down with the captain.....or, in Romney's case, the yacht.......)

[monmouth]

11. Agreed the name is "walking death" but only to us. Pubs love the Cheneys. I honestly think they

know they aren't going to win with this flawed candidate against Obama. They just might chance it to help save the Senate and the House candidates. Just speculating of course.

[RockaFowler]

13. Not with a 12% approval rating

That means the Repubs don't like him, too

[FSogol]

3. 1. Romney will never leave the ticket. 2. He'll pick VA Gov Bob McDonnell.

[onehandle]

5. That would be an 'invasive' choice. nt

[malaise]

6. I agree with the part that he' not leaving the ticket

but this so delish that I can't help but speculate. I still think he'll pick Pawlenty

[Le Taz Hot]

8. I love everyone running about

in a lather screeching, "Romney's gonna quit! Romney's gonna quit!" Romney's not going anywhere. Good goddess, they shoved W through TWICE, Romney's not going to back out, they've got too much invested in him. Besides, they know changing candidates AFTER the primaries will be much worse than just riding it out with Romney.

I'm curious about your VP pick. Do you think they'll go with a white Southerner to pick up the TeaKlan vote?

[FSogol]

9. McDonnell is an ultraconservative that can appear moderate to voters.

The Romney campaign also thinks McDonnell can win VA for him, despite the polls showing the opposite.
They hope he can bring in some southern votes that would hesitate voting for a Massachusetts elite Mormon.

[flamingdem]

7. John Thune is on the radar now nt

[SDjack]

10. He's a cold stone calculator. He is thinking this: "why give myself up as VP

candidate to try to save Mitt, when I can run the table in 2016? Not going to do it." He does have deep pocket sponsors. He never saw a usury credit card interest rate that he did not like, and the banks and card companies love him for it.

[flamingdem]

12. aha. So he's waiting for the next round

and probably has better optics, and even more crooked buddies than Marco Rubio

[Wounded Bear]

14. I think any Repub with eyes on 2016 will stay out of it...

History shows that VPs for losing tickets don't get the top spot nod afterwards. Accepting a VP nod this cycle could be a career ender.

I'm kind of enjoying this.