Patraeus?

No!

He'd be a stealth nominee, like a Supreme Court nominee who doesn't have a record. Can anyone spell Chief Justice Roberts?

Patraeus would energize the far left Democrats and put the Ron Paul Republicans to sleep.

Romney has an uphill battle to win this thing. He had better not screw up his VP nomination. I think he has to reach out to the Tea Party and/or the Ron Paul Republicans to get the biggest bang for his buck. The perfect choice?

RAND PAUL or NIKKI HALEY

(I love Marco Rubio, but the Paulites consider him a neo-Con. Tim Pawlenty -- or any half-Republican -- would be a disaster.)