Headline Roundup • August 9th, 2012
Who will Romney pick as VP?
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At the edge of the Alt farm cornfield, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman gets a firsthand look at the impact of a punishing drought.
"These guys have crop insurance, which will cover most of their losses," Portman says of the Alt family, which has been farming this land since 1959. "But going forward, we need to prove predictability and certainty with a new farm bill."
On the one hand, Politics 101: a freshman Republican senator still not very well known statewide, back home for a visit with constituents.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Former New York City mayor and onetime Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani weighed in on the VP debate, saying Sen. Marco Rubio is his top pick.
On a slower day for vice presidential speculation, former New York City mayor and onetime Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani weighed in on the VP debate.
Appearing on “CBS This Morning, Mr. Giuliani said he liked all of the potential nominees, and mentioned a few names including Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), but then said: “I kinda prefer Marco Rubio, citing the Florida senators...
New York Times (News)
Conservatives are increasing the pressure on Mitt Romney again.
The extended summertime silence of Mr. Romney, the Republican candidate, on his choice of a running mate has provided a new opening for social and economic conservatives to lobby for a die-hard member of their movement to join the Republican ticket.
A strongly-worded Wall Street Journal editorial on Thursday urged Mr. Romney to pick Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the architect of the Republican budgetary vision who has pushed ambitious plans to curtail entitlement programs. The paper s
