According to BuzzFeed, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has appointed former RNC and RPV Chairman Ed Gillespie to head his search for a running-mate:
One long-time GOP operative said Romney staffers are quietly circulating that former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie, who joined the campaign as a “volunteer” advisor last week, will “take the lead” on the search for a Vice President.
The search, and the vetting that accompanies it, are likely to be conducted with particular intensity because senior party operatives are still reeling from their inability to defend vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin in 2008. Party leaders expect the Romney camp better take the process seriously this time around, and everything about Romney’s own methods suggest a careful, deliberate process. But Romney’s team itself is extremely light on general election experience, and they’re turning to a cohort of old-time GOP hands in developing a strategy to win in November.
There has been speculation that Gillespie wants to seek statewide office here in Virginia next year. Helping our current governor, Bob McDonnell, become Vice President of the United States would be an interesting launching pad. Just sayin’….
