Before the selection of Paul Ryan, Ohio Senator Rob Portman was on Mitt Romney’s VP short list. Thankfully, he’s not bearing any grudge about not being picked.

In fact, he’s out there fighting the good fight, as reported in The Ohip State Lantern:

Ohio Senator Rob Portman visited an Ohio State College Republicans meeting and left them with a central message: college students have the ability to make a difference.

“I hope you reach out to some of your friends on campus who haven’t decided (who to vote for) yet. The pollsters tell us that only about 10 percent, in fact some say even less, voters who are truly undecided. Everybody else is decided, they’re either for (Mitt) Romney or (Barack) Obama. I don’t believe that,” Portman said.

Portman spoke to a crowd of about 275 students at the US Bank Conference Theatre in the Ohio Union. The meeting was scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m., and Portman began speaking about 8:05 p.m.

He emphasized the importance of talking to people and spreading the word on voting in order to help Republican presidential candidate Romney in what he called the “most important election in his (Portman’s) lifetime.”

“I think there are a lot of people who might say they’re voting for President Obama who are really not happy. Who could be happy in this situation? They’re receptive to your input, they want to hear from you. Talk to them about this. Give them the facts. Let them know that the record is a record of failure,” Portman said.