A majority among seniors.

That’s not exactly how the Post headlines its official coverage of the latest results from its poll series, but Aaron Blake at the Fix does a little better with the data.  Overall, Paul Ryan and Joe Biden are fairly even in polling, with the incumbent at 43/43 and the newly-minted challenger at 41/37: Both parties’ [...]

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Biden sent home.

Did Hillary Clinton turn down the opportunity to replace Joe Biden as soon as two weeks ago in a White House lunch with Valerie Jarrett?  Ed Klein, author of “The Amateur,” says his sources in the Hillary camp say it’s true in an appearance last night on CNBC with Larry Kudlow.  Not only did she [...]

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A big gamble -- that's paying off.

So says Kirsten Powers in the Daily Beast.  Forget Republicans and Democrats, the center-left commentator writes — this election is about Baby Boomers vs everyone else in America.  Mitt Romney has chosen the first major-ticket representative of what Powers calls The Screwed Generation, and Ryan may be their last hope to keep from falling into [...]

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Did Palin cut off the escape route?

He’s in North Carolina when he’s in Virginia.  He thinks Paul Ryan is governor of … one of the states numbered 51 through 57.  He’s not even clear in which century he’s living.  He’s Joe Biden, and he’s one heartbeat away from the Presidency.  Or will he be for long?  The week’s misadventures for Sheriff [...]

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The resolution of all the fruitless searches.

A palate-cleanser from my friend Kelly Maher of RevealingPolitics.com and me. At his first fundraising event in Denver, Colo., Ryan encountered what Andrea Mitchell thinks doesn’t exist— support from women. He was several floors up, but someone thought she knew how to get his attention: For more on this important subject, please visit Hey Girl, [...]

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The game is afoot!

Since we’ve all been gnashing our teeth speculatin’ about what’s been going on behind the curtain of Romney’s vice-presidential vetting process for months, here’s a fun look into how things went down during the eventual selection of Paul Ryan, via NBC. Just ’cause, heck, everybody likes a little political intrigue now and then (when it’s [...]

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An end to silly season?

Yesterday, after some attempt to stir trouble between the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan campaign and Sarah Palin, Palin herself wrote a lengthy congratulations to Team Romney over the addition of Paul Ryan to the GOP ticket.  The selection of the Republican Party’s best thinker on fiscal policy and entitlement reform makes it clear that the election [...]

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America's comeback team

Ed was pretty sure he had it last night. NBC was already calling it before many of us woke up this morning. But now it’s official. The Mitt’s VP smartphone app went off at 7:05 AM, announcing that Paul Ryan will be the other half of “America’s Comeback Team.” The actual announcement, scheduled to take [...]

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Demurral?

The time is getting just about right for Romney to announce his VP selection — the convention is barely two weeks away — and as Allahpundit related last night, there are reports circulating that Romney has narrowed his choices down to Tim Pawlenty, Rob Portman, and Paul Ryan. I agree that it doesn’t really feel [...]

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Plus: Romney down to three choices?

It was close, but Senator Marco Rubio returns to the top spot in Hot Air’s VP survey, followed by Governor Bobby Jindal, Rep. Paul Ryan, Rep. Allen West, and Governor Chris Christie, who jumps ahead of Condoleezza Rice. This round of respondents skewed a little bit older but well-within a normal range, and the gender [...]

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"He's a serious man, for seriously dangerous times."

This one’s getting the siren treatment from Drudge.  Is Barack Obama worried that Mitt Romney may ask General David Petraeus — the hero of the Iraq surge strategy — to be his running mate? One of Obama’s donors says that’s what he heard — from the President himself: President Obama whispered to a top fundraiser [...]

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One last time.

There are rumblings that Mitt Romney may make his VP pick as early as Thursday or Friday, so let’s poll this one last time. Questions? Contact me here. This post was promoted from GreenRoom to HotAir.com. To see the comments on the original post, look here.

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Veepstakes losers?

The RNC and Republican convention organizers have announced some of the speakers for the Tampa event that starts three weeks from tomorrow — but not the most-watched slots.  The Tampa Bay Times picks up the scoop, although there aren’t any real surprises in the list: Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Sen. John McCain and former Secretary [...]

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"I don’t think she passed that test…of being ready to take over."

As we wait for Mitt Romney to pick his running mate in the next few weeks, the last successful GOP running mate has been privately advising the current GOP nominee and the head of his VP search committee, Beth Myers.  Cheney believes that the #2 slot has to be filled with someone ready to take [...]

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Touché, Governor.

All right, I criticized Romney last night for his Olympics answer, but he deserves kudos for this moment. Add a bit of this lighter touch to his slight Olympics critique (which wasn’t inaccurate, just clumsy), and he would have been totally fine. Enjoy! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Veepstakes, Romney, the economy, and much more.

Earlier today, I had an opportunity to speak with Governor Tim Pawlenty, who spoke with me about his own record as Minnesota’s chief executive, the need to elect Mitt Romney in November, and give a description of what Romney should look for in a running mate.  Of course, Pawlenty has drawn a lot speculation about [...]

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Plus: "If you goad me into it, I'll show you my tats."

A quick vice-presidential state of play: We’ve heard tips about all sorts of timelines over the past few days (Romney will announce his veep-selection this week; he’ll announce after the Olympics; he won’t announce until after the convention; etcetera). The generally-agreed-upon word on the street is that Tim Pawlenty, Rob Portman, and Bobby Jindal are [...]

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(Big) Gulp.

The veepstakes story has already brought out a lot of silly speculation and advice for Mitt Romney, but LZ Granderson’s column at CNN might take the blue ribbon.  With Romney trying to close the deal with the GOP grassroots he’ll need in November and fighting an attack from Barack Obama of being an out-of-touch rich [...]

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"You're comparing the President to Mussolini."

I’m actually a bit surprised by ABC News’ headline on this fun but provocative interview with Rick Santorum. They feature Santorum’s observation that Mitt Romney can’t afford to pick a pro-choice running mate, a rather obvious point, considering the need to fire up the base in this election — and the dearth of pro-choice Republicans. [...]

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"Mr. Romney has reached a decision, his friends believe, and he may disclose it as soon as this week."

True, Mitt Romney may have already picked his running mate — or he may not have made his decision yet, either.  The closer we get to the convention, the more chance this line from the New York Times’ Jeff Zeleny has of being correct: Mr. Romney has reached a decision, his friends believe, and he [...]

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Keeping mum.

With the usual summer-vacation news slowdown and pre-full-blast campaign season excitement, we’re at the usual moment in the election cycle for rampant veep speculation. Most recently, there have been rumors as to whether Team Romney’s advisers are wondering if it mightn’t be beneficial for Mitt to announce his intentions sooner rather than later given the [...]

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Number 1 for Number 2 is ...

For the second survey in a row, Bobby Jindal takes the top spot in the VP preference poll. Marco Rubio again takes second. Paul Ryan moves into third ahead of fourth-place holding Allen West, and Condoleezza Rice holds on to fifth. Readers are still pretty high on Mitt Romney’s chances. Here’s how the electoral vote [...]

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Closing in.

It’s getting close to that time. Questions about the survey? Send ‘em here. Also if the survey doesn’t pop up immediately, wait about 10 seconds, and then try refreshing. Of all things, slow survey loading is a Google (!) issue. Nonetheless, apologies for any slowness you experience. This post was promoted from GreenRoom to HotAir.com. [...]

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Someone transmit that to Team Obama.

Bad news for Barack Obama, that is, who would have loved to run against the Bushes one more time this year.  According to Jeb Bush’s son George P. Bush, often considered an up-and-comer for the GOP himself, his dad’s not being vetted in the Veepstakes … at least not yet: Former Gov. Jeb Bush is [...]

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