going out with nicki haley and hang out with susanna martinez, rob portman doesn't seem that exciting glasses without frames. but, yeah, i think you'll see this tango happen until he actually has to decide on a pick. >> you know, i want to go back to your book, nancy, because what's interesting is that we focus on the vice presidential selection so much for about a three-month period and it's so clear from reading your book, that vice presidents matter so little once you actually get to governing. >> except for the fact that a lot of them end up becoming presidents after becoming nominees, so in that sense the choice matters. but cheney reminds us the last few weeks how different the rules are, the same week that he's calling obama's presidency an unmitigated disaster, the president he served is very explicitly saying it undermines our country to be criticizing the president and i don't intend to. so, vice presidents play a very different role. >> yeah, but -- yes, she's absolutely right. it can be a road to the white house but actually only 14 former vps actually went on to become pr

people like virginia governor bob mcdonnell, ohio senator rob portman, new mexico governor sue susanna martinez and a variety of candidates and most not well known and even chrissy well known is still not known to half the electorate and still don't have a firm opinion. again, they're not as well known. interestingly, ann romney, mr. romney's wife, has a very strong approval rating although 7 out of 10 voters or almost 7 of 10 voters don't have an opinion about her because they don't know her that well. there is almost a 3 to 1 ratio of people that have an opinion and think that they like her and look at her favorably. she runs and has a better favorable impression among voters at least in terms of ratio of favorable and unfavorable than does her husband mitt and on the other hand first lady michelle obama, 60% of voters say they have a favorable opinion with 22% with unfavorable opinion and that's 3 to 1 ratio and mr. obama and mr. romney have more that view them re-elected, 46%, 42% mitt romney and if you drill down the numbers, some encouraging signs for the democrats and the president and a

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if romney selects rubio, susanna martinez or the other hispanic under consideration, brian sandoval,n't even win hispanic voters in the veep's home state. for a break down and what we can expect next on 2000 campaign. he's now the head of the jess unruh institute of politics at the university of southern california california. he joins us from los angeles. dan, welcome back into "the war room." >> jennifer, thanks for having me. i appreciate it. >> you bet. let me start with hot campaign news of the day. today the senate candidate democrat elizabeth warren campaigning. she released her second tv ad. i want you to take a listen. >> today washington lets big corporations like ge pay nothing, zero in taxes. while kids are left drowning in debt to get an education. this isn't about economics. it's about our values. >> so tomorrow the president starts thumping on the issue of student debts, student loans, et cetera. the democrats often think they may have an edge but today romney cut the issue out from underneath him by jumping on board with the plan to keep student interest rates low. go

women, you're not going to get sarah palin, but they are talking susanna martinez, even though she saidot interested. and another name that is popping up is paul ryan. the congressman from wisconsin. the head of the house budget committee. a young, well spoken, and smart. mitt romney is not going to make the same mistake that john mccain did. he met sarah palin one time. she wasn't properly vetted. they wanted to pick someone that would enhance and add todd ticket and win a state he couldn't win on his own. >> it will be interesting to see how that plays out. fox 5 political analyst, thanks so much for your insight. >>> a bieber impersonator facing charges. after what police say he told teenage girls to do. plus, these bike riders have overcome more obstacles. a touching story coming up. plus, losing your luggage could be a thing of the past. stewart explains. >>> going online to check out future workers. nearly four out of ten companies are using social media as part of a background check on potential employees. that's down from the last survey conducted two years ago. companies are sh

hailen, and marco reubenan would excite a lot of latino population and all eyes are turning to susanna martinezn new mexico, rising republican star could have something to do with the g.o.p. ticket. experience could be a liability with her. but certainly her name is on the tips of a lot of people's tongue. >> when you announce the vice presidential nominee there is a bump in the polls, perhaps, but that dissipates as it gets closer and closer, because people are voting for the president and not vice president. the structural problem that mitt romney has, on the issues that men care about, he's already doing reasonably well, but the issues that women care about healthcare, he has a very difficult argument to make because of where he has been positioned in the republican party. i have a hard time seeing how he picks up ground with those independent female voters. maybe you have an insight there, but i think structurally he has put himself in a hard position. >> well, and let's be honest. political resurrection in the republican party is not impossible. certainly it's going to take a really big ef

they include marko rubio, new jersey governor chris christie, bobby jindal, paul ryan, susanna martinezer hand, romney might look to safer bets, bob mcdonald, tim pawlenty, ohio senator rob portman. eugene, i can't see him throwing a long ball the way mccain did four years ago. i joked earlier today, i think he has some alga rhythm he's be applying. in terms of the list we just showed you, anything jump out? >> i agree with you. i think it's unlikely that he goes for a game changer. i think it's much more likely that he picks someone like say senator portman who, on the calculation, if the algarhythm had spit out that gives you three potential precincts in cincinnati that can tip the state of ohio into the republican column, therefore there's the one to go with, i think that's his instinct. but when it comes time to pick, if the situation looks dire, if it looks like he's not going to win or he's way behind, then all bets are off. and it may be he decides that the only way to be in the game is to go with the game changer. >> a little bit complicated but the payoff is great. it's in repu

sometimes mentioned, new mexico susanna martinez, who has a trifecta of political assets, female, hispanicte governor. debits, untested and unknown on the national scene. always mentioned, marco rubio. he's a tea party favorite, the rising star senator from the swing state of florida and a cuban-american, which could help build an inroad to the politically pivotal hispanic community. >> my answer hasn't changed. >> still under no circumstances? >> i'm not going to be the vice president. >> they almost always say things like that. i have one requisite question. vice president? >> no. no. i promise, no. >> until they say yes. more campaign politics with cnn's congressional correspondent dana bash and "the new york times" jeff sellny. ♪ [ multiple snds ng melodic tune ] ♪ [ malennounc ] at northrop grumman, makthworld a feplace. th's value performance. northr gruan. >>> joining me now is cnn congressional correspondent dana bash and jeff zeleny of "the new york times." let's do a little bit of the veepstakes. we love this game. we never know who they're going to pick until the final moments.

spot, vice presidential spot, this is talk of him looking toward a woman, a hispanic american, susanna martinez, marco rubio, as we talk about the hispanic voting bloc, what is more important to get on the side of mitt romney? is it someone that can bring a latino surge to the polls or someone like a tim pawlenty or mitch daniels. >> there's no doubt that romney, should he be the nominee, will have to broaden his appeal to hispanics. there's no way he or any republican can win with the numbers the way they are right now. that being said, i don't think they're looking to do some kind of crazy game changer. romney needs to pick -- if he's the -- >> game changer, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> if he's the nominee, he has to go with who suits him, too, which is someone safe and established, whether it's a mitch daniels or rob portman, someone who can show that they can lead. >> did i mention sarah palin's going to be on the "today" show tomorrow, 8:00 a.m.? john mccain in 2008 had problems sewing up the conservative vote which made him go with sarah palin over his preferred pick, which was senator joe lieber

sometimes mentioned, new mexico susanna martinez, who has a trifecta of political assets, female, hispanicd a swing state governor. debits untested and unknown on the national scene. always mentioned, marco rubio. he's a tea party favorite, the rising star senator from the swing state of florida and a cuban-american, which could help build an inroad to the politically pivotal hispanic community. >> my answer hasn't changed. >> still under no circumstances? >> i'm not going to be the vice president. >> they almost always say things like that. i have one requisite question. vice president? >> no. no. i promise, no. >> until they say yes. more campaign politics with cnn's political correspondent dana bash and "the new york times" jeff sellny. people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. i was worried it would be hard to install. but it's really easy. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. yeah. you're