Vice President Candidates Everywhere

Now that Mitt Romney has the nomination almost sewn up, the wannabes for Vice President are popping up all over the place.
It started with Rick Santorum saying he'd be open to a VP call - suggesting that it could even come from his arch rival, Romney. Not much chance of that happening. Santorum has burnt more bridges than he has in trying to better Romney in various GOP primaries, and Romney would probably select him only if he were the last Republican in America left standing...in which case, it wouldn't matter very much anyway.
Of course, diplomatic Newt Gingrich long ago said that he'd serve in whatever capacity he was called upon to accept. That always sounds good, but the truth is that his GOP voter index is just about -0- and Romney will want somebody with more vote-getting potential.
To cut to the chase, Marco Rubio, the young and very popular Senator from Florida, is the perpetual name on the VP list. His answer is always the same...no thanks. But, turning down the vice presidency is not likely, even for the Rubios of this world. The VP spot is a stepping stone to national prominence, to being a presidential candidate himself, and to getting to the top of the GOP power player list very rapidly. So, don't count Marco Rubio out.
But, maybe the media could back off just a little and let Romney think things over carefully before they anoint Rubio.