2. It’s easy and tiresome to trash Sarah Palin as an uneducated
embarrassment to the Republican Party (a party of which I am a
member). But when the great anti-intellectual takes ridiculously
simple-minded shots at Marco Rubio for supporting immigration
reform, something needs to be said.      — The speech Marco
Rubio should give, written by Matt Lewis      (Source:
theweek.com)     4. Pity the poor Republicans deemed to be on
Mitt Romney’s short list for vice presidential running mate: If
they want the job, tradition and politics dictate that they have
to say they don’t, or won’t get picked, or are too busy in their
current job to give the veepstakes much thought. For candidates
who really don’t want to be on the list, it’s worse: You’re
still going to be asked about the No. 2 slot on the ticket in
every interview, and how many ways are there to say no, without
offending Romney and other powerful figures in the GOP?
Here, some of the best ‘I won’t be Romney’s running mate’
lines:       1. Mike Huckabee: