ROMNEY VEEPSTAKES THOUGHT TO BE DOWN TO THREE CHOICES......MAYBE FIVE............

With former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney set to be nominated as the Republican candidate for President in Tampa, Florida four weeks from now, is expected to announce the choice of his running mate for Vice President before then, with the likely choice now reportedly down to three : two sitting Governors, and one currently serving U.S. Senator.  Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, the first 2012 Republican presidential aspirant to drop out of this year's campaign, and now a chief Romney surrogate, is thought to be the current frontrunner for the vice presidential nod.  United States Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, a former Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and U.S. Trade Representative in the George Walker Bush Administration, from a must win, swing state, has been touted all year as the likely choice for running mate with Romney.  Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, highly popular with conservatives and Tea Party members, is also thought to have a strong possibility of being the pick for the second spot on the Republican ticket.  Jindal is a Roman Catholic, with a strong appeal to Evangelical Christians; Portman is a First United Methodist; anmd Pawlenty is a Baptist Evangelical.  Evangelicals are thought to be critical to Romney getting elected President, and as a Mormon member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is believed to need a running mate who will solidify his religious Evangelical and social conservative support.  Two other potentially bolder choices, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, who is devoutly Christian and the daughter and granddaughter of Ministers, is pro Choice in Abortion, when Romney has said his running mate will be Pro-Life on the issue of Abortion; and U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, of Florida, a Cuban American, who was born Catholic, became a Mormon, and left the LDS Church and returned to the Catholic Faith and is the recommended nominee of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush; are also considered outside possibilities for Romney's choice of a vice presidential candidates.  We will know in less than a month who the choice is and what religious affiliation he or she brings to this Presidential Election in which Religion and Faith, may play the greatest role it has since the 1960 campaign between Richard Milhous Nixon, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy............Fr.  Troy