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Multiple news outlets including NBC, CNN and Huffington Post are now reporting that Mitt Romney will choose Representative Paul Ryan from Wisconsin as his running mate. Within minutes of The Romney campaign confirming that it would be officially announcing his pick for Vice President at 9:00 am tomorrow, word leaked that Ryan, a leading conservative voice in Congress, would be the choice. In recent days, numerous media entities have reported that Romney was feeling heat to consider from a stable of more conservative choices including Ryan and Florida senator Marco Rubio as opposed to a more moderate choice like Ohio Senator Rob Portman. A choice of Ryan would invigorate both conservatives, many who have seemed luke warm about Romney, and liberals who would see this is an opportunity to clearly distinguish Obama from the far more conservative Ryan. Ryan, aged 42, authored the so-called Ryan Plan budget that calls for significant tax cuts and entitlement reform that many on the right...

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal , California’s former centrist Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was offered a cabinet position in Barack Obama ’s administration after he left office in January, 2011. WSJ’s Erica Orden notes that Schwarzenegger told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos during the 2008 presidential campaign that he was open to a position in a future Obama White House. In July 2008, on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Mr. Schwarzenegger was asked whether he’d consider an energy-related cabinet position with the Obama administration, were Barack Obama, then a candidate, to win the presidency. Mr. Schwarzenegger said he would, replying: “I’d take his call now, and I’d take his call when he’s president, anytime.” It is not clear what cabinet position that Schwarzenegger discussed with Obama administration officials. Politico reached out to the White House for comment but they did not immediately respond. h/t Wall Street Journal > >Follow Noa...