Go Big!

On April 12 I posted a piece that Romney now had the nomination sewn up but he had to resist the conventional political wisdom to go safe with his campaign. Thus far I have been pleasantly surprised. He is clearly growing as a campaigner and his media/social media team is first rate at quickly countering Democrat bilge. Over the last several weeks The Dems have rolled out their usual assortment of horse pucky against Romney and nothing has stuck because Team Romney has been so good and so quick at counterattacking. Now there is the issue of VP and this is no time to resort to old - and bad - habits.

Numerous reports are floating around that Ohio Senator Rob Portman is top dog at the moment in the VP Sweepstakes. Nice guy; bad choice. These are not normal times and if Obama is reelected, the fact that we are not in Kansas anymore will become apparent to even the dullest knives in the drawer. It is time for Republicans to go BIG or go home. Marco Rubio is the candidate.

Team Obama would love Sen. Portman - he would fit in perfectly with their media campaign against Romney of Out of Touch White Guys (OTWG).  Rubio, on the other hand, must terrify them: young, smart, tough, Hispanic, and most of all, articulate. I would pay to watch the VP debate between Rubio and Biden. Rubio knows where he stands and why and he can talk to crowds of all kinds and the camera about what it is going to take to get the U.S. back on track. And then he can do it in Spanish. The Dems will not be able to pigeonhole and because of his formidable skills, they will not be able to contain his message - this is an exceptional country and it is time to  get back to basics! So Mitt, if you want to go through the motions on a VP, fine. But when it's time to make the pick - don't hesitate, go BIG; go Rubio.