Romney will announce his veep pick on a new app. The campaign has set up a web site for it here. On it, it says, “There’s no telling when Mitt will choose his VP. But when he does, be the first to find out with Mitt’s VP app. Share with friends and earn exclusive campaign gear.”
CHRISTIE: From The Star Ledger: “Gov. Chris Christie today applauded the state Legislature's passage of a measure that lets voters decide whether judges have to contribute more to their pensions.”
MCDONNELL: The Virginia governor of Obama: “That hope and change message is now division and fear and recession. It's blaming other people."
Per The Washington Times: McDonnell “said the rise of the tea party and Rep. Ron Paul’s supporters within the Republican Party will push the GOP platform this year to focus more on matters such as the deficit and constitutional liberties.”
PORTMAN: Politico’s Martin writes that Portman is a Bush man -- a HW Bush man, that is.
RUBIO: “Bill O'Reilly broke down the leading Veep contenders last night and concluded that Marco Rubio would help Mitt Romney the most,” GOP 12 writes. “BUT... Bill-O warned that Democrats would attack him like they did Sarah Palin.”
RYAN: A must-read profile in the New Yorker of Paul Ryan by Ryan Lizza.
NBC’s Alex Moe and Andrew Rafferty contributed to this report.