Vice President John Cornyn? Mitt Romney thought about it
The Texas senator was closer than he knew to becoming Mitt Romney’s running mate last year. After Romney aides gave him a list of two dozen potential picks, Romney picked 11, including Cornyn, according to a new book on the 2012 campaign, “Double Down,” by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. The aides provided the candidate with “preliminary research books” — something short of full fledged vetting material.
The next cut pared the list to five, the book reported, and Cornyn was eliminated at that point. No explanation is given.
Texas’ senior senator, now the No. 2 Senate Republican, said he only learned he was under consideration when the book was published this month.
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little bit flattered to be on a list of distinguished Americans who Gov. Romney was considering for service as vice president,” Cornyn said Wednesday on his weekly call with Texas reporters.. “But I was never contacted by the campaign. Didn’t ask to be considered.”
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