Rob Portman, the Republican senator for Ohio who was a contender for vice-presidential nominee before Romney chose Ryan to be his running mate, addressed the auto bailout head on in his speech to the Defiance crowd.
But Mr. Edwards was now a contender for the vice presidency.
He promised to bring a "positive, uplifting vision" to America and not attack his Democratic rivals, though he paid a price in media attention and a swirl of talk that the tactic was intended more for a contender for the vice presidency or some future office.
After withdrawing from the race, he was still considered a contender for the Vice President nomination.
Mr. Cheney has briefed Congress secretly, asserting that because Mr. Ridge is so close to Mr. Bush -- he was a contender for the vice-presidential nomination last year -- there is no doubt that he will have the authority to do the job.
The governor had been considered one of the brightest lights in the Democratic Party, a gifted speaker, moderate, strong on education and a possible contender for vice president or even president.
For his Vice Presidential nominee the convention chose Millard Fillmore, a prominent New York Whig who had chaired the House Ways and Means Committee and had been a contender for Henry Clay's Vice Presidential nominee in the 1844 election.
Rice has been mentioned as a contender for the GOP presidential or vice-presidential nomination in the past.
Just when you thought it was safe to wade back into the fiscal waters of a civilized country, Ayn Rand and her school of extremist acolytes is back to take a big bite out of our economic well-being, led by the ideologically entrenched Republican contender for Vice President.
Janet Yellen, the Fed vice chairwoman, is considered a contender for the top job.
Governor Palin was the Republican Party vice-presidential nominee and Senator Clinton was a contender for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
