Earlier this evening the Weekly Standard
reported that the Romney campaign was preparing to announce
that Paul Ryan will be the vice presidential nominee — in
particular, that “Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is among a group
of Republicans who has been asked to be ready, in terms of his
schedule and other practical preparations, to make the case
publicly for a Romney-Ryan ticket as early as Saturday.” Not long
after the Standard’s story went up, it broke that Romney will
announce his VP pick at 9 AM tomorrow in Norfolk, Virginia.
Now NBC News is reporting that the pick will be Ryan; Chuck Todd
said on
the air that this is based on three sources. Jon Ward at the
Huffington Post hears the same from two
sources. And ABC’s Jonathan Karl reports
that Rob Portman, Tim Pawlenty, and Marco Rubio have all been told
that they are not the pick.
UPDATE:
CNN and the AP are
also reporting that it’s Ryan.
Jack in Wi| 8.11.12 @ 1:04AM
Ryan is the best of the group mentioned, but I think no-one can save this ticket. Well we will see. I think he is too much of a technocrat.
Kingofthenet| 8.11.12 @ 1:08AM
Paul Rynd it is.... Atlas Shrugged