The Fix has an interesting post cataloging the reasons why Rep. Allen West (R-Florida) will not be Romney’s pick as his vice-presidential candidate. There are many, but probably the most damning is the one that got West relieve of his command in the Army.
And that’s to say nothing of West’s real claim to fame, which is when he shot a gun near an insurgent’s head in Iraq in an effort to intimidate him — a move that led the Army to relieve him of his command and consider court-martialing him.