now governor polenti who could have gone off and had a great spokesperson for ambien is a romney superscrossing the country on behalf of his former bitter rival and there is talk that he could be romney's running mate. that is fascinating to me. we have duf sundheim, the former chair of the california g.o.p. and christine pelosi is chair of the democratic party women's caucus. thank you so much for joining me tonight. what of these rumors, and i'll start with you as our friendly republican in the room, that polenti, the once bitter rival might be the running mate. >> one, not bitter. >> john: they were not bitter a year ago. >> they were not bitter opponents. that was on the policy. furthermore, when go through your set up piece, i was in my mind going through obama and clinton, and inter interpercenting those words. >> john: fair enough. bush and reagan. we've seen it many times. >> i think polenti brings something to the ticket that helps romney, the ability to connect with the blue collar worker. i think chris christie and joe bidden would do a good job of that. >> john: i'll take i

portland, polenty, i do not know who is third. i think he picks portland. it makes the most sense. romney is a cautious politician. i cannot see him making an out of the box choice. who knows? we will see what happens. tom is in that party. he may have a different view. >> i do not know what he will do. i hesitate to take a choice. i have so many friends. [laughter] everybody has some strong attributes. they all have some negative factors. >> for the record, i was thinking portman at 35%, pawlenty at 20 or 25%. i would put mitch daniels really high. i do not get a sense that he is aggressively getting a look at. i would put him there. after that, -- >> you have to put the governor of virginia in the mix. >> of the wife is on his cabinet. [laughter] i think he would be a great pick. i also think rubio would be a good pick. he is hispanic, he helps you in florida. generationaly. he solidifies your tea party base. i think he would be a very attractive choice. >> i was at a small breakfast last week, 20 reporters with rubio. a smart guy, smith. i think he has a terrific future. i would

portland, polenty, i do not know who is third. i think he picks portland. it makes the most sense. romney is a cautious politician. i cannot see him making an out of the box choice. who knows? we will see what happens. tom is in that party. he may have a different view. >> i do not know what he will do. i hesitate to take a choice. i have so many friends. [laughter] everybody has some strong attributes. they all have some negative factors. >> for the record, i was thinking portman at 35%, pawlenty at 20 or 25%. i would put mitch daniels really high. i do not get a sense that he is aggressively getting a look at. i would put him there. after that, -- >> you have to put the governor of virginia in the mix. >> of the wife is on his cabinet. [laughter] i think he would be a great pick. i also think rubio would be a good pick. he is hispanic, he helps you in florida. generationaly. he solidifies your tea party base. i think he would be a very attractive choice. >> i was at a small breakfast last week, 20 reporters with rubio. a smart guy, smith. i think he has a terrific future. i would

it would make more sense for him to pick tim polenti than rubio. i do know why he waited 12 hours, because he was trying to clean up a political mess because someone told the truth and it was an unnecessary insult and it was causing problems for the campaign. >> so you think he isn't vetting rubio. >> rule number one, everybody lies. this is absolutely trying to clean up a political mess in public after 12 hours because it was unnecessary insult to the latino community, rubio and the state of florida. >> no, it's not. we stop playing this game? i just finished interviewing eyes-t. he got played. he should have stuck to his original script, and that was, i am not commenting on our vp search. two people know exactly who is getting vetted. here is the problem now. every day between now and when he chooses his vp nominee, he's going to get the question. are you also vetting chris christie, are you also vetting this person, are you vetting this person? >> oh, yeah, he set a bad precedent. >> he should have never walked into this, and simply said, i hope

los angeles mayor, and former minnesota governor tim polenti. listen to them all on c-span radio heard on 90.1 f.m., nationwide on x.m. satellite radio channel 119. listen on your blackberry, download or go online to c-span radio.org. >> this week -- >> this is something that was kept under the rug, not only kept from the american people but the mexican people as well. there are hundreds of faceless, innocent mexican citizens who have been murdered as a result of this. but the only thing that we knew outside of government program was that guns from american gun dealers were going into mexico and causing all these problems with the cartel when really the government was sanking these sales and sending them into mexico. >> she's interviewed by white house correspondent major garrett. "washington journal" continues. host: our sunday rund table. we want to welcome maria cardona, just back from the conference that we'll be focusing on in just a moment. and alfonso aguilar, who is the executive director of the latino partnership for conservative princi

portland, polenty, i do not know who is third. i think he picks portland. it makes the most sense.s politician. i cannot see him making an out of the box choice. who knows? we will see what happens. tom is in that party. he may have a different view. >> i do not know what he will do. i hesitate to take a choice. i have so many friends. [laughter] everybody has some strong attributes. they all have some negative factors. >> for the record, i was thinking portman at 35%, pawlenty at 20 or 25%. i would put mitch daniels really high. i do not get a sense that he is aggressively getting a look at. i would put him there. after that, -- >> you have to put the governor of virginia in the mix. >> of the wife is on his cabinet. [laughter] i think he would be a great pick. i also think rubio would be a good pick. he is hispanic, he helps you in florida. generationaly. he solidifies your tea party base. i think he would be a very attractive choice. >> i was at a small breakfast last week, 20 reporters with rubio. a smart guy, smith. i think he has a terrific future. i would not pick him this t