The sun is setting on this small town in southwest Ohio, and when darkness reigns, strange things happen at the Golden Lamb Inn. Or so I’m told.
The Inn, owned by the family of Ohio Sen. Rob Portman for the better part of the last century, is the oldest hotel in the state. Since it opened as a simple lodge in 1803, 12 presidents have visited and scores of notable guests like Charles Dickens and Mark Twain have walked the halls.
In that time, at least three guests have died here. Some believe that the spirits of the unlucky trio never left.
A prospective vice presidential candidate owns a haunted hotel? Get me a reservation.
Yahoo News’ Chris Moody spent a night at Rob Portman’s haunted hotel.
At least two people on Mitt Romney’s VP short list have been told to be “standing by for an announcement any day” according to ABC’s Jon Karl.
Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, both considered possible contenders to become Mitt Romney’s running mate, took a break from campaigning for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sunday to enjoy some time on the road.
"Wherever I go, and it’s been very strange, I can’t tell — because I’m a pretty open person — but I can’t tell anybody about this at all. My children and husband are really kind of upset, because they — they’ll start — I can sort of tell they’re plotting against me, and they’ll have like — dinner table — just a casual conversation, ‘Gee, who would be a good VP?’ And I just sit there silently."
South Dakota Sen. John Thune, considered a possible contender to become Mitt Romney’s running mate, recently met with the campaign aide in charge of the vice presidential vetting process, The Hill Newspaper reports.
Today’s veepstakes update. —Chris Moody
In the Senate, Rob Portman of Ohio, Marco Rubio of Florida, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and John Thune of South Dakota commonly appear on lists of possible running mates. Scorecards that measured voting records in 2011 suggest that among these, Rubio had the most conservative voting record and Portman the most moderate. Ayotte and Thune came in somewhere in between.
Grover Norquist endorses Bobby Jindal as Romney’s running mate:
Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist is encouraging Mitt Romney to choose Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as his running mate.
In an op-ed published in Politico and co-authored by Patrick Gleason, ATR’s director of state affairs, they outlined the case for Jindal, pointing to his overhaul of the state education system, a commitment he made never to raise taxes and his work with energy companies, particularly oil and gas, which have a strong presence of the state’s Gulf coast.
Chris Christie says he may end up as Mitt Romney’s running mate:
Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, has been careful to say that he is not “campaigning” to become Mitt Romney’s running mate, the 2012 vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party. But he’s certainly open to the possibility that he would accept the job.
During a visit Monday to a high school in Plainsboro, N.J., Christie said he could be convinced to join the Republican presidential ticket.
“He might be able to convince me,” Christie said in reference to Romney, according to Matt Katz of the Philadelphia Inquirer. “He’s a convincing guy.”
