The popular senator from the important state of Ohio has twice been a cabinet level official, as well as a member of the House and Senate. He’s arguably the most qualified person on the list and he helped Romney beat Rick Santorum in the Ohio primary.
I'm not 100% sure about how much Portman's contacts in Ohio helped Romney, but it certainly didn't hurt him. Portman has a number of Village-types in his corner...after all, he's who they wanted for McCain's veep in 2008.
The problem is Portman doesn't bring much of anything to the ticket other than a couple of points in Ohio. His major draw is that he has the fewest negatives, especially compared to Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Bobby Jindal and the rest of the folks that sat out the 2012 race. He doesn't say stupid and insane things on TV like the rest of the clown car.
That's his selling point. If anything, he's even more bland than Romney. He's the safe choice. Question is, will Romney go for safe, or do what McCain did and go for broke?
He may not have a choice, in the end.
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