speech. not policy operated. not focusing on gay marriage the way we have in the last couple of days. instead, he is going to spend time talking about family, his own family and grandchildren. they decided bret: his faith? they decided he would stay away from his own personal faith. there is somewhat of an uproar on the liberty university campus because they brought a mormon there. he gave a speech in 2007 when he ran last time around and that s where they will leigh it. talk about religious freedom and why that is important. there was pain in the state fire department the laber piece. this paints john as misfit, outcast and awkward weak person. that has to hurt. we have don t know if it s fair portrayal or not. boys are mean never school; particularly, concentrated in a boarding school. bret: you can t talk to him. he s deceased. bret: next up, friday lightning round. i m really going to miss you.
sense. bret: tucker in conservatives really want romney to pick someone exciting and conservative. marco rubio on the lips of every republican primary voter i run into. i don t think it will happen. mostly because you take on more risk than not when you pick someone for vp. i think jfk was the last nominee who was helped by his veep choice. it can hurt you. we have seen a number of times. he s likely to pick a solid former congressman from cincinnati. than someone super exciting. bret: indiana governor mitch daniels. don t forget. okay. post office bail-out. second in our list. what about this? not shutting down the post office over the weekend delivery. all the back and forth on capitol hill about this. just to be totally clear it s not about the price of delivering mail. the cost is not because of the trucks. the legacy costs of the postal employees, the 8 million odd
happens, he has to, and somebody has to gave speech, vice presidential running mate, it will probably be partman of ohio. cautious pick. romney is generally a cautious guy. my own favorite is chris christie. can you imagine romney-christie ticket? drive the democrats crazy. christie would be great. whether he won new jersey or not for the ticket. but the guy who is obviously most qualified, and would be loved by republicans of all stripes and independents as well is jeb bush. but, you know, there is the dynasty problem. americans don t like a dynasty. bret: casey? some of what fred said about portman is right. romney team is a cautious group looking for loyalty above all, somebody who will fit in with a close-knit team they have. somebody who will be a team player and somebody that romney is personally comfortable with. he has been trying the people out one at a time. out on the trail. campaigning with them, getting to know their staff and working together. i think it makes a lot o