NPR: Mike Murphy https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=132410181 Mike Murphy en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Mon, 09 Jun 2025 08:45:15 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Mike Murphy https://www.npr.org/tags/132410181/mike-murphy Former Romney Adviser: Veep Hunt Could Lead To Portman In a conversation about what qualities Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, might seek in a person to fill out his national ticket, GOP consultant Mike Murphy told NPR's Melissa Block the worse thing would be to go for the political equivalent of a sugar high. That happened in 2008 with Sarah Palin. He thinks the GOP learned its lesson. Thus, he thinks Sen. Rob Portman looms large for Romney. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:17:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/04/17/150823251/former-romney-adviser-romney-veep-path-could-lead-to-portman https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/04/17/150823251/former-romney-adviser-romney-veep-path-could-lead-to-portman In a conversation about what qualities Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, might seek in a person to fill out his national ticket, GOP consultant Mike Murphy told NPR's Melissa Block the worse thing would be to go for the political equivalent of a sugar high. That happened in 2008 with Sarah Palin. He thinks the GOP learned its lesson. Thus, he thinks Sen. Rob Portman looms large for Romney.

]]> Frank James GOP Consultant: Smart Republican Opponents Hope Palin Runs "What you really want to be is the candidate who emerges toward the end of 2011," says Mike Murphy, and if Palin can "fascinate the media for nine months" before then, that's fine. Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:25:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/12/28/132409855/gop-consultant-smart-republican-opponents-hope-palin-runs https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/12/28/132409855/gop-consultant-smart-republican-opponents-hope-palin-runs

"What you really want to be is the candidate who emerges toward the end of 2011," says Mike Murphy, and if Palin can "fascinate the media for nine months" before then, that's fine.

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