Romney has to flip 95 Electoral Votes
Ohio 18
Florida 29
Virginia 13
N.Carolina 15
Indiana 11
Colorado 9
Nevada 6
New Hampshire 4
Nebraska-Obama got 1
He clearly will win all the states McCain won. I don’t think Obama will win N.C and Indiana again. I highly doubt Obama wins Florida.
So that would leave 40 needed. Ohio as a must flip, VA a must flip, then he has to get 9 more.
So when you look at it that way, Portman might bring you Ohio, he won’t wind up on TMZ, and he doubles down on the Economy and could work on the base.
Not a bad theory, even if he isn’t exciting....might be just as well that he isn’t.
This Buckeye says no to Portman. Complete lightweight, can you say Quayle?
A conservative governor (like Jindal)? A very serious conservative policy heavyweight (like Rand Paul)?
Gravitas, we need gravitas, felice gravitas....