If Romney Wins the GOP Nomination, Will It Be Huntsman or Jindal?

I've thought for some time now that he'd pick either Jindal or Nikki Haley. They are both conservatives, both from minority immigrant families, and both from the South. If Romney even hopes to have a chance in the general election, he'd be best to stay away from the also-rans. Of those, Huntsman is the most sensible choice, but if he chose him, he'd be cutting off the most conservative base of his party, and they may sit on their hands come election day. I don't think Paul would accept the VP slot. The rest are just too controversial or have too narrow a support base to complement Romney.

It's going to be a Romney/Rubio tiquete.

Wow, what a choice. Huntsman, who is the exact opposite of Romney and appears to actually have a conscience; or Jindal, governor of one of the poorest of the southern states.

Why not Christie – he suggested that blacks should have had their voting rights decided by southern whites . I think Nikki Haley of SC would be a good choice – especially in the states where unions are fighting for their survival. Is there any intelligence in this party at all.

I've given this some thought and Jindal is too weak a speaker for Romney's campaign. Do you remember years ago when Jindal was extremely apologetic for the behavior of the Republican party in a speech? Something like that on the campaign trail could be a death knell to Romney's already poor conservative credentials.

Plus, Louisiana is a nightmare of bad (and totally illegal) politics. Even if Jindal has done absolutely nothing wrong in his time in Louisiana, the odds someone in his administration has done something entirely wrong or illegal is likely.

ALSO, there's that whole thing where he claimed to have performed an exorcism. (As in to exorcise a DEMONIC possession from some troubled girl.) That kind of thing WILL NOT play well on the national press.

Romney might still pick Jindal (after all McCain picked shameless self-promoter Sarah 'I-ruined-your-credibility' Palin.) but if he does, it's going to come with risks.

Huntsman is out too.

Two Mormons on one GOP ticket would invoke the full wrath of the evangelical christian fundamentalist vote.

Huntsman isn't an option, I think. He's too moderate to appeal to the base, and doesn't have a lot of appeal within the party. He could appeal to moderates/independents though.

Jindal didn't do himself any favors with this "Kenneth the Page" impersonation in his response to the SOTU a couple years back, but people have short memories. I think Jindal is a probable VP or presidential candidate, but I think likely not until 2016ish.

Were I a betting man, I'd think Rubio or Christie have pretty good chances of being on the ticket (though Christie's foot-in-mouth disease may not help his chances).