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Romney Taps Longtime Adviser to Head VP Search

Beth Myers was Romney's chief of staff when he was Massachusetts governor. She currently is a senior adviser on his presidential campaign.

Why Marco Rubio’s Vice-Presidential Stock Is Overvalued

Melissa Lyttle / Tampa Bay Times / ZUMAPRESS.com

Now that Mitt Romney has, in an important psychological sense, clinched the Republican nomination, the conversation is turning to the question of his running mate. And everyone seems to agree that Florida Senator Marco Rubio is a compelling option: young, telegenic, Hispanic and from a critical swing state. There’s just one problem — Rubio insists [...]

The ‘Veepstakes’ Begins: A Brief History of Vice Presidential Vetting

Marcy Nighswander / AP

These are dull days for political junkies. At minimum, Mitt Romney is more than a month away from wrapping up the Republican nomination, but the drama of the GOP primary has evaporated. Pundits and observers need to chew on some morsel of intrigue as Romney works to jettison the “presumptive” tag. And so the veepstakes chatter [...]

A History of the ‘Veepstakes’ in Pictures

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A gallery of winners (and losers) from the vice presidential vetting process through the years.

Even More on Palin

Here’s a story my colleague Michael Grunwald and I whipped up today. It pulls from an interview two weeks ago I did with Palin for our “Hotshots to Watch” series. You can also listen to the interview, in which she talks about how she hopes to shape the Republican Party, her own rapid ascent and [...]

Dispatches from Springfield III

Chicago, Illinois My story on the day’s events. Tomorrow we go to church in Eau Claire, Wisconsin followed by a picnic at the somewhat politically named Rod and Gun Park. I’m unsure if we’ll actually see Obama with a gun or a rod, but BBQ is promised.

Dispatches from Springfield II

Springfield, Illinois Okay, seems I was wrong about the crowd size. We’re told there’s 35,000 people here. Obama had a bit of a slip of the tongue introducing Biden. “The next president… The next vice president of the United States!” The crowd laughed. Biden, I’m told accepted the offer on the call Thursday night. There’s [...]

Dispatches from Springfield I

Springfield, Illinois We just arrived at the state capitol. We’re told Biden is en route and on the plane Obama spokeswoman Linda Douglass told us that Obama called Biden Thursday night to offer him the job It is literally 90 degrees warmer than it was on February 10, 2007. The lectern’s all set up with [...]

If Biden is to Cheney, than Obama is to…

Once upon a time there was a youngish guy running for president against a Washington insider. This affable, charming guy was concerned about his foreign policy credentials and so picked a running mate who boasted a distinguished resume and was old enough that, at the end of four-to-eight years, running for president himself seemed improbable. [...]

Dark Horses

Chicago, Illinois Reading the tea leaves on Obama’s stops en route to Denver (Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Davenport, Iowa; Kansas City, Missouri; Billings, Montana) yields a couple of Dark Horses candidates: Dick Gephardt* of Missouri and my favorite, Brian Schweitzer of Montana. Their families have already met, remember that photogenic July 4 parade? He’s an incredibly [...]