Romney auditions Virginia's McDonnell for veep job
Source: Washington Examiner
Romney auditions Virginia's McDonnell for veep job
bySteve Contorno Examiner Staff Writer
postedMay 2 | 12:31am at12:31am
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gets his turn Wednesday to audition for the coveted position of Mitt Romney's running mate as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee visits Old Dominion to continue his ongoing tryout of possible vice presidential candidates.
McDonnell will appear alongside Romney twice during the former Massachusetts governor's two-day swing through the state -- a fundraiser Wednesday night at the Ritz-Carlton in Arlington and an official campaign stop Thursday afternoon at Crofton Industries in Portsmouth -- just days before President Obama officially launches his campaign in Richmond. Romney is also hosting a Wednesday morning rally at Exhibit Edge in Chantilly without McDonnell.
Romney held similar events with Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, two others in the running for the veep job, fueling speculation that his campaign is vetting and testing possible running mates. McDonnell, a popular governor from a critical battleground state, certainly is in the mix, and he told a radio station last week "if the nominee says, 'You can help my party and the country,' of course I'd consider it."
Many past presidential nominees go through the exercise of publicly auditioning their candidates to see how they respond to the exposure, said Joel Goldstein, a law professor at St. Louis University and author of the book "The Modern American Vice Presidency." That McDonnell is one of the first bodes well for his chances, but Goldstein still labels him an underdog because he is a relatively young and unknown executive.
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Would make an excellent VP. 
his proper name, doncha think?
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