VEEPstakes

It is almost a sure bet Mitt Romney will be running against President Obama on the November ballot, but who will be running with Romney?

Friday, June 8, a group of conservative republicans in Chicago filled out a “straw poll” to decide who they would pick for the Romney's VP.

straw poll = a poll that doesn’t have binding results, meant to bring up discussion/conversation about a topic

So, let’s start our own discussion.

Here is the list of potential Vice President candidates (in no particular order) they included in this straw poll:

1. Sen. Kelly Ayotte
2. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann
3. Gov. Sam Brownback
4. Former Gov. Jeb Bush
5. Businessman Herman Cain
6. Gov. Chris Christie
7. Gov. Mitch Daniels
8. Former Speaker Newt Gingrich
9. Gov. Nikki Haley
10. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee
11. Gov. Bobby Jindal
12. Sen. Ron Johnson
13. Gov. John Kasich
14. Gov. Susana Martinez
15. Gov. Bob McDonnell
16. Sen. Rand Paul
17. Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty
18. Gov. Rick Perry
19. Sen. Rob Portman
20. Sen. Marco Rubio
21. Congressman Paul Ryan
22. Former Sen. Rick Santorum
23. Gov. Scott Walker
24. Other:

Mitt Romney is the one who will make the final decision and he doesn’t have to stick to the above list, but people sure like to guess and talk about it.

Be a part of the MOTUS straw poll and leave a comment.

1)      Who would you like to see chosen as the Republican nominee for Vice President?
2)      How many people on this list do you even know?
3)      Which name(s) do you not recognize or want to know more about? (Don’t feel bad, the official straw poll that was passed around in Chicago had a misspelled name, so apparently it is common.)

MOTUSing: Four women are on this list. Last presidential election season was the first time a female represented the Republican party on the ballot during the general election. The Democratic party has yet to have a female on a presidential ballot. They were close with Hillary Clinton, which may still be a possibility in 2016.