Most Americans have no idea who the h@ll Rob Portman is. He may be a great conservative, but he’s a political John Doe to the overwelming majority of Americans. In otherwords, he does nothing for Romney......probably not even in Ohio.
Portman won by 71% in Ohio so he would probably help Romney in that state at least.
Portman is a “moderate” also known around here as a RINO. If Romney does choose Portman it will give Gov. Kasich the opportunity to appoint a real conservative to that Senate seat.
Nobody knew who Dan Quayle was either. Most VP’s are John Does. Nobody votes for the bottom of the presidential ticket anyway. The VP needs to be qualified to be President and his main duty is to inquire daily as to the health of the President. Its probably going to be Rob Portman a senator from Ohio and as far as I know he’s qualified to be President.