Obama camp picks at possible Romney VP choices
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/even-before-romney-makes-vp-pick-obama-campaign-begins-effort-to-pick-apart-gop-ticket-mate/2012/08/09/42cfa058-e1ee-11e1-89f7-76e23a982d06_story.html CINCINNATI — President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies aren’t waiting for Republican Mitt Romney to reveal his vice presidential choice. They’re already trying to scuff up those considered by political insiders to be most likely to join the GOP ticket.
Tim Pawlenty? The former Minnesota governor is a fee-raiser whose record “is painful for the middle-class families who lived under his leadership,” the Obama campaign argues.
Rob Portman? The Ohio senator is “one of the architects of the top-down Bush budget” that the Obama team blames for “crashing our economy.”
Marco Rubio? The rookie Florida senator has “led the way on almost every extreme position Mitt Romney has embraced,” according to the missive that seeks examples of “the good, the bad and ugly” of Rubio.
Chris Christie? There’s “no lack of material to work with” about the pugnacious New Jersey governor.
Bobby Jindal? The Louisiana governor and former congressman tried to harm Social Security and Medicare and “had the same issues with secrecy and lack of transparency as Mitt Romney.”
