Editing Rob Portman (section)

===2012 presidential election===
{{see also|2012 United States presidential election}}
Portman was considered a possible pick for vice president on the [[Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012|Republican presidential ticket]] in [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]].<ref name="Larison">Larison, Daniel (February 2, 2012) [https://archive.today/20130203161932/http://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/2012/02/02/portman-is-the-most-likely-selection-for-vp/ Portman Is The Most Likely Selection for VP], ''[[The American Conservative]]''</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Memmott |first1=Mark |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/08/07/158320294/one-clue-to-romneys-veep-pick-whose-wiki-page-is-getting-the-most-edits |title=One Clue To Romney's Veep Pick: Whose Wiki Page Is Getting The Most Edits? |work=[[NPR]]|date=August 7, 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/04/why-rob-portman-will-be-romneys-vice-presidential-nominee/255515/|title=Why Rob Portman Will Be Romney's Vice Presidential Nominee|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=April 5, 2012|access-date=December 27, 2012}}</ref> [[Chris Cillizza]] wrote that Portman's time in both the [[executive branch|executive]] and [[legislature|legislative branches]] would qualify him for the role.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-case-for-rob-portman-to-be-vice-president/2012/07/31/gJQAwM52MX_blog.html|title=The Case for Rob Portman to be vice president|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 17, 2012|access-date=December 27, 2012|author=Chris Cillizza}}</ref>

After [[Mitt Romney]] selected [[Paul Ryan]] as his running mate, Portman spoke at the [[2012 Republican National Convention]] about trade and his family business.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com">[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/29/rob-portman-speech-at-201_n_1841585.html "Rob Portman Speech At 2012 Republican National Convention Takes Aim At Obama."] ''The Huffington Post''. August 28, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2012.</ref> On trade agreements, Portman stated: "[[Barack Obama|President Obama]] is the first president in 75 years-Democrat or Republican-who hasn't even sought the ability to negotiate export agreements and open markets overseas. Now why is this important? Because 95 percent of the world's consumers live outside our borders. And to create jobs, our workers and our farmers need to [[exports|sell more of what we make]] to those people."<ref name="huffingtonpost.com" /> In October 2012, Romney spoke at and toured Portman's Golden Lamb Inn.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/mitt-romney-visits-rob-portman-haunted-hotel-235620857--election.html|title=Mitt Romney visits Rob Portman's 'haunted hotel'|publisher=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=October 13, 2012|access-date=December 8, 2012}}</ref>

Portman portrayed President Obama in Romney's mock debate sessions for the general election, reprising a role that he played in the debate preparations of Republican presidential nominee [[John McCain]] in [[2008 United States presidential debates|2008]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/10/03/politics/portman-romney-prep/index.html |title=Romney's sparring partner offers glimpse into GOP debate prep |author=Dana Bash |work=[[CNN]]|date=October 3, 2012 |access-date=January 11, 2020}}</ref>