Romney is danged if he does and danged if he doesn't. He picks Rice and the D left claims he is pandering to blacks with a "token" who betrays her race by agreeing to run with Romney. He goes for Rubio, he is accused of picking a "token" Hispanic and pandering to the Hispanics. He picks a white guy or woman from a battleground state he's accused of being a racist. He picks a Tea Party person he just proves he's "right wing wacko".
The leftist own the narrative because they just lie and lie and lie and after awhile the lie becomes reality for D's and Independents.
Romney's biggest error so far is that he pays any attention to Obama's minions. He should ignore everything they say and continue to lay out his plans in a bit of detail. I would have him spend a week telling everyone what the plan is. "Fellow Americans, trying to respond to the slander and mud being slung by the Obama campaign isn't worthwhile. As they have completely continued to muck up the economy, our international standing by saying one thing and doing another, saying do as I say and not as I do, driving us deeper into debt, fostering a notion with Americans that we should not hold up our heads, working at dividing us, that we should somehow apologize for being the most free nation on earth, I have decided to give the Obama Administration and campaign the attention that it deserves; absolutely none at all. From this point onward I will not be responding to their desperate inaccuracies and falsehood. I will be discussing with you, my fellow Americans, in some detail, what ideas I have for the future of our wonderful country. Thank you and God bless America."