From today’s CBS morning show, Harry Smith interviewed Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal:

SMITH: Well, let me ask you this, now if he offered you the job, would you turn it down?

GOV. JINDAL: He’s not going to offer it to me. We’ve made it clear in private and publicly, every conversation, that I’ve got the job that I want, and the way I want to help him get elected is by being Governor of Louisiana. I have supported him. I think he’ll be a great president. I think his positions on national security, cutting taxes and energy production are or in line with the lose of Louisianans and American voters.

While this is not an outright denial, and as much as I think Gov. Jindal is the future of the Republican Party, and despite the fact that McCain is going to visit Jindal, I’d be shocked if Jindal is the pick, especially considering the incredible buzz surrounding former Massachussetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Race 4 2008 is breaking, un-sourced, that Romney is the VP pick for John McCain. But the man who broke the story this week that the announcement would be made, Bob Novak, was not so sure tonight with Sean Hannity.

Update (July 23, 10:25 a.m.): The saga of Bob Novak’s blog-post continues, saying on Fox News this morning that he kinda feels duped by senior McCain campaign officials who floated the idea of making an announcement this week, but are now backing-off that sentiment. Novak thinks this might have been done to get some buzz about the VP pick while Obama is off playing presumptive president overseas.

Now, Dana Bash of CNN is chiming in saying that Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is back in the mix.

McCain is also flying to a somewhat secretive meeting with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal tonight in New Orleans. However, Jindal has been growing less oblique about turning down a potential VP offer.

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In case you haven’t heard, Bob Novak is reporting that McCain is likely to make his VP choice this week.