Romney-Bush 2008? There’s still time…Bush-Romney 2008?? (It does sound like an endorsement to me….)

BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said
Thursday that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, Newt Gingrich and
Jeb Bush are all potential running mates for GOP White House
hopefuls in the 2008 race, but added such speculation is a bit
premature.
“There’s some wonderful people right here in this state, as you
know, Governor Sanford being one of them,” Romney said to a round
of applause after being asked about vice presidential picks by a
member of a crowd of about 400 people gathered for his campaign
stop in this early voting state.
“I have to be honest with you, I haven’t given a lot of thought
to that, so I don’t want to put any names in that hat right now,”
Romney said, but also gave a nod to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush,
calling him “quite a guy.”
“I love him. If his name weren’t Bush, he’d be running for
president, I’m convinced,” said Romney, who added he also was
“pretty partial” to South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint.
Talking with reporters later, Romney said the names he mentioned
are part of a list of vice presidential contenders that anyone
winning the GOP nomination would have to consider. “When I’m in
South Carolina, I’m not going to fail to mention some of the ones
that are closest,” Romney said.
Romney, who has been lagging former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani
and Arizona Sen. John McCain in some early polls, predicted his
ratings will rise.
“The time I expect to be doing better is in the fall and winter
and I’ve got plenty of time to get my numbers up,” he said. “I’m
going to have as familiar a name as anybody else in the race.”
Romney’s doing more than any other candidate to garner that name
recognition in South Carolina: He’s been running television ads
introducing himself to voters here for a month.
Romney spoke in a gated community next to a meeting hall where
McCain spoke about a month ago. And he came away with support from
Chicago transplants Nancy and DeForest Hamilton.
“He’s confident and intelligent,” said Nancy Hamilton, 76.