One of the most important choices a president has is picking a VP. (vice president) It can either make or break their campaign. If the President dies, resigns, or is impeached and convicted, the Vice President becomes President. So the people need to know that the vice president is good enough to be a possible president. Think back to John McCain, everything was going great until he picked Sarah Palin as a VP. Not many Americans thought she had what it took in order to help run this country, and in result McCain lost the election.
As Romney begins to think about who is going to pick for a VP there are a couple of things he should consider. For starters, he should pick someone who wants to actually be the Vice President. Many possible VP's, including Condoleezza Rice, have stated that it's just not a job that they want to be doing. This is unsettleing for many reasons seeing he could be the futrue president. Secondly, I believe he should pick someone who will back his idea's up. Many people are unsure if Romney would make a good president and having an extra person with him who agree's with his beliefs and back him up would be a good idea. Finally, Romney should look at the type of people voting for Obama, and figure out what it would take to have them change there mind. Is it a certain religion, race, gender, etc?The vice president can help sway possible voters his way!
Lucky for Romney, he has many Republican choices when trying to find a VP. As Romney's best choice I believe he should pick Congressman Paul Ryan. . Paul Ryan's resume consists of congressman of Wisconsin, chairman of house of budget, former political aide, speech writer. Although Ryan is young, he holds alot of responsibility, he currently chair the house budget committee where hes played a prominent role in promoting the republican parties long term budget proposal. Ryan has also created the "Romney Ryan Budget" that shrinks medicare, prevents debt crisis and will reform tax code.Not only does the GOP love him, but so does Team Obama. Ryan and Romney campaigned together in Wisconsin and Ryan states that the job as Vice President is definitly something that he would consider. I think he would be a great pick to bring both Republican and Democrat voters together. As the worst choice for VP I think it would be former running mate Rick Santorum. When asked if he would consider it Santorum said, "I'll do whatever is necessary to help our country." The reason he would be so bad is because Romney spent so much time telling America why he is better then Santorum. Having him be a Vice President is like he's been lying to America the entire time. I also am not for Rob Portman. At 57 years old Mr.Portman is too similar to Romney. Portman is said to befairly boring as well , Mitt Romney has been said to be boring also here and there, so someone who is even more known for being boring wouldn't interest voters. Portman is actually said to be in favor in winning, but that can negatively effect the vote. Choosing someone in favor of the party could wear away the contrast Romney is trying to drive against the binding.
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