Robert Novak: Romney in the lead for VP

Here's what he wrote:

Will McCain name a vice presidential candidate in mid-July to step up fund-raising before the national convention, or will he wait until Democrats make their choice in late August? A rumor running through the political community now puts former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the lead for VP. But Romney has many critics in the McCain inner circle, and we don't think the decision has been made.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post's McCain reporter said in this discussion that Pawlenty and Romney are mentioned as possible VP choices.

McCain's crazy if he doesn't nominate an evangelical conservative as his running mate. Nominating Romney would be a slap in the face to evangelical political power brokers who helped to stop the Romney candidacy because they couldn't sell a liberal Republican Mormon to their millions of followers.

If he's really considering Romney, McCain must already be assuming that Obama will be the opposition and that he can defeat him easily.

The only way I'd vote for McCain if if he were to run with Romney as his running mate. THE U.S. ECONOMY NEEDS YOU, MITT ROMNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By the way, Romney is a very clean cut, devoted religious conservative. People have been fed so much anti-Mormon B.S. It's is blatent misinformation, people. Look it up. Get educated. Stop believing liars who have never stepped foot in a Mormon church, who are trying to scare you. It's just a distraction so that the Evangelical crowd won't lose their church membership. Ignore it. Romney is good as gold. Leave his church alone. He'll protect your church and your religious freedom to worship as you please. Let's give him the same right.

GO MCCAIN/ROMNEY 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!