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Enact comprehensive immigration reform. he didnt do it when he had the chance, and now at the 11th hour he comes up with this executive border. >> ann, weve been seeing governor pawlenty a lot lately. as you know, my colleague, lawrence odonnell, thought that pawlenty would have been the pick. he went for him. he had the least strikes against him. when we look at the least strike -- or least struck man here, is he high on the list right now no that we clearly know rubio is out? >> look, theres n...

Mark, were just struck by the contrast between rubio and between -- it was sort of like the boring guy versus the the charismatic guy if you will. >> thats really what you have. that marco rubio the one with a lot of sizzle. the question is, whether hes vetted or not. on the other hand, rob portmans a little boring, but hes the safe pick and as the romney campaign looks at the numbers, maybe boring is the right pick r for them. >> its interesting watching this. last week, of course the much of c...

Slow summer. >> when we talk about the slow summer, does that mean that theres potential that the announcement of this pick could come a lot sooner than traditionally -- the 72-hour window prior to the convention? would that help drum up a little bit of excitement, especially if its a safe pick, does it mean theyll get a 2 for 1 shot at fund-raising? >> i think thats exactly, that 2 for 1 idea is exactly the calculus. some republican, romney advisers are talking about that. i dont think anybody ...

About it. so will mitt romney be pulled to the right by his right wing faction? will he decide from the gut, as i think john mccain did? thats really the insight we get out of this process. >> and i think theres also some interesting debate going on about timing, as yurngs michael, because there have been some reports that mitt romney is going to make the decision next month, well ahead of the convention. would that be a good idea frshgs your perspective? >> i dont think it would hurt him to do ...

Latino, hispanic, that would be a new flavor the white house as it were. but marco rubio, as you know, as come out with a fairly sane immigration policy, sort of a dream act light, and thats not going to please the base who are vehemently anti-immigration. so thats a problem for him. condoleezza rice has been mentioned, but i dont see her ever getting into politics. >> what about rob portman? >> rob portman, thats like a mayonnaise finally meets tapioca. can you imagine a less exciting duo than ...

Case for himself and his vision of the country. jon: lets talk about those vp choices. interesting that marco rubio is the first on the list, not necessarily first -- the first choice but the first on the list whose campaigning -- whos campaign wg governor romney. >> reporter: rubio has been a favorite. hes been rumored to be on the short list, on everybodys short list for a long time now. he obviously brings a lot. i mean, hes from florida, hes a favorite of the tea party, he would excite the b...

Candidates and rather than fill the screen, lets ask you guys to choose your top four. >> ive got the short list. this is it. marco rubio, paul ryan, mitch daniels. marco rubio is eloquent and gives good speeches. paul ryan is the ideas guy, mitch daniels has been a successful governor, 70% approval and ron portman is a safe pick. he would help in ohio. >> smart and conservative. >> i have the same top two as steve, rubio and ryan. >> youre very wise. >> i knew i couldnt cross steve. >> marco ru...

President obamas decision to go with a safe pick. that might turn out to be savvy but thats the direction he went in and well see what a lot of people dont know in the country whether they are progressives or conservatives is how progressive she is because they doesnt have a record and people are concerned shell be to the right of the retiring justice stevens. justice stevens came in as one of the most conservative justices saying his position didnt change at all and winds up leaving as one of t...

Footy fenews, thats just remarkable. >> footy news? >> world football, thats what im going to call it. its not soccer. with us chief political correspondent for politico, mike allen, whos here with the "morning playbook" and i guess we should start with elena kagan, who looks like a safe pick but why is politico reporting she could have a bumpy ride? >> shes probably a safe pick. republicans dont have enough vote to stop her. were predicting 65 votes to confirm her. republicans want to make it...

Consider bob bennett one of the most conservative members of the u.s. senate, too liberal goes to show how extreme the tea party is, what do you make of that. >> hes obviously got to try to put the worst face on it. the fact is that the tea party very much wants to shake up the republican establishment and made no bones about it and they dont like certainly a lot of the democrats and also, even some republicans, we saw this with charlie crist in florida. were seeing it now with bob bennett in ut...