Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney might announce his pick for vice president for the 2012 elections sometime this week. Or at least that's what the New York Times reports.
According to the report, NYT's Jeff Zeleny, Romney might turn to his friend and confidant Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota to join him on the ticket. However, Pawlenty told the Times, "I'm happy to help where I can... I think I can best serve him in other ways, but anybody would be honored to be asked."
The Slatest Magazine suggests that Romney might choose former secretary of state, Condolezza Rice. Over the past few weeks names such as Rob Portman, Ohio senator; Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana; Tom Thune- Senator from South Dakota .
The announcement might divert attention from the heat Romney has been receiving about releasing his tax returns during his time at the private equity firm Bain. The Obama administration has been rather successful in making Romney's finance a topic discussion and speculation, accusing the G.O.P. presidential candidate to be running his campaign on "dishonestly and falsehood," according to Yahoo News.
In a Monday interview with Fox News, Romney refuted the allegations saying, "I think when people accuse you of a crime you have a reason to go after them pretty hard, and I'm going to continue going after him...What does it say about a president whose record is poor that all he can do in his campaign is attack me?"
