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Starting with number one, as a former ceo, what made we effective is i was a volatile guy like trump, but i surrounded myself with more measured people. the early people out of the box, the giulianis and so forth and the boltens and the newt gingrich's, it's more trump. so for him to take a thoughtful, considered, respected against-type character would be such a reach across the aisle signal. when i say reach across the aisle, to the non-trumpers, if you will, will be a fantastic, and on top of that, a very, very qualified guy. >> and it would be a governing pick. it wouldn't be picking with a...

Qualified and he's someone he wanted to work withment. if he chose other people, older, a little less fiery, a little less popular amongst the base of the party, i think he wouldn't have gottenhe same jolt he's gotten. fund-raising, big crowds. the other side of ryan compared to somebody like rob portman, he is not popular with democrats. this is not a unifying pick. if it's a governing pick, it's a pick to govern in a conservative way, not looking for compromise but saying we're going in a much different direction. people talk about the sharp choices. this is a much sharper choice. it makes i...

>> you are watching cnn breaking news. i'm colleen mcedwards. we received confirmation a short time ago that the republican white house candidate mitt romney is going to reveal his vice presidential candidate. this is going to happen at a major campaign stop on saturday. in the u.s. state of virginia a few hours from now. a little over eight hours from now. we are expecting that announcement to be made after weeks and weeks of speculation. wolf blitzer is with us in d.c. and john king is with us as well. wolf, what are the choices and the possibilities? >> the short -- [ no audio ...

Does romney want that kind of campaign? >> i think he does. >> a very clear campaign? >> a very clear campaign. i think he's going to have to carve a very clear contrast between the president's record, what the president's said and what the president's done. you get that with a portman. you get it with a ryan. i just think all this chatter on the right that we need paul ryan is -- >> let's forget ideology for a second. the knock on portman, i don't know the guy, he doesn't come on this program, but i know pawlenty. he seems like a regular guy, a nice guy. but portman everybody says is boring. ...

>> let me try the politics. they mistrust the guy in many quarters. does he want to share it? because if he wins this thing by picking a portman. portman's his guy. if he buckles to this pressure and picks a guy further to his right like ryan, he sort of shares the ticket with this guy. >> no, he's not. >> no. >> ryan's house budget committee chairman close with boehner, close with mcconnell. ryan shares the same portman persona of a governing pick. how do you explain -- >> but will he have one because he picked ryan rather than picking his own guy. >> romney likes ryan. >> then why isn't he p...