says he wants a vice president with “a vision for the country, that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country.”

He made the comments in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd, part of which aired Thursday on NBC’s Nightly News.

Romney would not say if he is any closer to making a decision or if he had made a decision. Influential conservative writers Paul Gigot, of the Wall Street Journal editorial page, and Bill Kristol and Stephen Hayes, of the Weekly Standard, have called for Romney to pick Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., the House Budget Committee chairman.