Manchin Floats Romney As Potential Running Mate

NBC News reports:

Sen, Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., danced around his interest in launching a third-party presidential bid here Thursday, but he endorsed a potential running mate if he does. “Hypothetically, if I was picking my running mate, really who I would ask right now is Mitt Romney,” Manchin said, identifying the Republican senator from Utah.

“Third party run, everything is on the table,” Manchin said in response to a question from NBC News. “Nothing’s off the table. I’m still evaluating all that. Super Tuesday [March 5] pretty much would be a deadline that tells you where you are.” Manchin’s daughter has launched a group, Americans Together, that could be a vehicle for such preparations.

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“Hypothetically, if I was picking my running mate, really who I would ask right now is Mitt Romney,” Sen. Manchin says. https://t.co/YNZf28MTAd

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