Romney is probably not going to be VP...

[Newjack88]

<p>[Private</a> equity fears criticism if Romney VP - Lisa Lerer - Politico.com](<a href=“http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12258.html]Private”>Private equity fears rebuke if Romney VP - POLITICO)</p>

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If John McCain selects Mitt Romney as his running mate, Romney’s former colleagues in the private equity industry expect they are in for a bloody campaign that will paint them all as job-killing fat cats eager to stomp the little guy to make a quick buck. </p>

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<p>“There’s no doubt it will come up,” says Mark Mellman, a key strategist for Massachusetts Democrat Sen. John F. Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign. “This is an economy where people are on edge about things like downsizing and getting laid off and here’s a guy who has wielded that knife.” </p>

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<p>“I believe most Americans want their next president to remind them of the guy who they work with, not the guy who laid them off,” Republican rival Mike Huckabee frequently cracked.

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<p>I hope McCain picks him. It would probably be one of the few things that could turn this race around and turn it into a referendum on Bush/McCain instead of on Obama.</p>

[Mr_Payne]

<p>Romney is an excellent candidate.</p>

[cronie]

<p>I agree, Mr. Payne. I think he’d be McCain’s best bet.</p>

<p>I don’t want McCain, but Romney shores up some of his real weaknesses. Romney’s the stronger of the two. I don’t think MCain will pick him, though, partly for that very reason.</p>

[Piterbizon]

<p>Romney is the only one who knows how to balance a budget… might be useful considering the 490-600 billion range being cited for the upcoming deficit. It won’t win him much support but I hope he can be in a position to push through some adjustments to that end</p>