Portman would be one of the more sensible choices and would benefit the ticket. I still view Romney as another throw away candidate just as McCain was. This election will be the last we hear of Romney as a candidate for president, but Portman may use this opportunity, if Romney gives it to him, to become more widely known in national politics. The strongest Republican candidates will surface in time for the 2016 lunatic show. The economy will still be in the dumps, and residential real estate will have just made or be making a bottom, unemployment will still be too high. The Republicans will fight tooth and nail for the nomination, as the anointed one will almost certainly gain the White House. It could be Portman as long as the crazy wing of the party doesn't sabotage him for not being nutty enough and he hasn't yet misspelled "potato" on national TV, molested any underage boys, propositioned his secretary, or abandoned a dying wife. If he gets the nomination, he will get good support from independents.
