FRANKENMUTH, Mich. – When Mitt Romney travels to Wisconsin, people tell him to choose the Badger State’s Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate. In Ohio, they urge him to pick their senator, Rob Portman.
“I get a very biased audience depending on the state I’m in,†the presumptive Republican presidential nominee told reporters on a flight from Iowa to Michigan on the eve of the last day of his six-state “Every Town Counts†bus tour through key battleground states.Â
Romney has campaigned with all four officials in the past, but not since the vice presidential vetting process has begun. On this tour, the scrutiny was intense and Romney’s bus companions played it safe. There was no going off script and no attempt to divert the spotlight from the man who may one day be their running mate.