just as well. But he won't do or say any of these things. At this point I wish only that he picks a fighter. But then I ask myself, do we even have one? (other than the crass RINO fanfaron Christie?) You have to keep in mind the VP job description consists of pretty much just two things; serving as President of the United States Senate (w/the tie breaker vote) and, of more importance, stepping into the office of POTUS in case the POTUS is unable to serve. whatcat on August 2, 2012 at 9:35 PM I don't think there's any question in anyone's mind that Tim Pawlenty is prepared to serve as POTUS, should the need arise. You Hotair fools are dumb. I saw Pawlenty on the stump in NH, I spent time with him. Guess what, it's a myth that's not a good speaker. A huge myth. You people here claim to abhor the media, but you buy their crap left and right. Sorry, Pawlenty is not the vanilla loser you claim him to be. He also won a blue state as a legit R. Then again, you also believed Huntsman was a liberal, even though he had the most conservative governing record in the field of candidates last fall. Yes, Rubio would be an "identity pick", but we need to face facts: The two largest minority voting blocks are African-Americans and Hispanic Americans. The GOP will never get more than 10% of the A-A vote. They do