case for himself and his vision of the country. jon: let s 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 who s campaign wg governor romney. reporter: rubio has been a favorite. he s been rumored to be on the short list, on everybody s short list for a long time now. he obviously brings a lot. i mean, he s from florida, he s a favorite of the tea party, he would excite the base, he s an election electrifg speaker, so there s a lot of positives going for him. the downside to rubio is he considered a little bit green on the national stage, and so you know, the one thing that romney doesn t want to do, you hear this talk now all the time, they want to go with a safe pick, they want to go with someone that doesn t raise any questions about their ability to serve or anything like that that would distract from their focus, which is to keep a focus on barack obama and
i think the sort of tea party insurrection has really harmed them in the long run, especially on theenate side where you look at some of the republicans p choices to take on democrats have been basically taken out by fringe elements of the tea party. when we look back at this cycle and the chance that republicans had, i think a lot of us are going to say was a tea party a plus or negative for the republicans? and i think looking at it now i ve got to say it s a negative. ed, i ve got to give you one word here. yes or no as john boehner as the next speaker of b the house? boehner is the next speaker of the house. predictions from e rolands. on the freedom watch, sarah shourd could be leaving iran today. a reunion with her family may be only hoursre away after more th a year in solitary confinement. the latest on her release and the fate of the two hikers she will leave behind.er 46 minutes after the hour. ectins help kill the germs that can live on surfaces for up to 48 hours.