Bet you didn’t know that Rob Portman does an impressive imitation of a chicken and kayaked the entire 1900-mile length of the Rio Grande River.
Now does that sound like a boring guy?
The senator from Ohio is believed to a top contender to be Mitt Romney’s running mate yet the poor fellow has been battling the persistent rap that he’s… well… waytoo dull for the ticket. Stephen Colbert helped channel this sentiment by calling a potential Romney-Portman union “the bland leading the bland.”
But as the shrouded vice-presidential selection comes down to the wire — and amid some signs that the choice could come sooner rather than later — the court of Republican opinion seems to be swinging back toward the notion that a little bit boring may be the right play in a close election in which the challenger can’t afford any mistakes or unscripted drama.
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