twosome would be a powerhouse on the economy and jobs but the other side of it, in many ways they share the same sort of chemistry, they re the same type of mainstream establishment republicans and somebody that romney would need on the ticket to shake it up a little more. there was lots of talk about paul ryan, with whom mr. romney campaigned this week. there with three would-be vice presidential candidates who have taken themselves out of the running. paul ryan described it as a romance of campaigning with romney, no huh thank you, and nicky halely suggests she s capable of doing the job but she s taken herself out of the run, she s the governor of south carolina and helped romney in what was an ultimately losing effort to gingrich and then there s marco rubio, who has been asked about running for vice president or president since sworn in as a senator and he s a freshman but he also has endorsed romney, did so tepidly after romney won the primary in florida
primary campaign on the republican side this time has been that endorsements and close associations with otherwise popular politicians haven t worked for people. you can cite the example of nicky halely in south carolina, tim pawlenty in minnesota. you ve got a series of examples where endorsements haven t mattered in any kind of serious way by putting one name next to another name. i think the hope here was to create some additional buzz, to get people to look at governor perry and say look, there s a strong southern politician, this is somebody who if he s associating with newt gingrich we should also associate with newt beginning rip. it just feels a little gimmicky. jenna: tim tebow is that one name. we ll see. all we can do is speculate at this point. stephen hayes with the weekly standard, thank you very much. jon: just an awful situation in afghanistan after that massacre. a u.s. soldier, reportedly guns down more than a dozen innocent civilians. this could have big
white killed an american diver after the coast of australia. bill: they have stories to tell, and that s going to leave a mark. it s good that was on the surf board, right? we reported earlier the justice department is suing to stop south carolina s immigration law. it s a new law. the governor in that state nicky halely says the law is necessary because the federal government has failed to deal with the issue. jake seculo is chief counsel for the center for american law and justice and welcome back,. thank you bill. bill: they have the challenge in arizona by the feds, the challenge in alabama, and now the challenge in south carolina based on what? well, south carolina department of justice is arguing that the state is interfering with federal law, basically focusing on this particular case on when they stop someone, the request to identify, to determine if someone is an illegal immigrant. the irony in this, it s a complete failure on the federal government s part to regulate im