Politics

Romney campaign cancels Rubio trip to Colorado

By Sarah B. Boxer

July 25, 2012 / 2:27 PM EDT / CBS News

Mitt Romney, right, with Marco Rubio — Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) speaks to the media before a town hall during a campaign stop with Florida Sen. Marco Rubio at Mustang Expediting, April 23, 2012 in Aston, Pennsylvania. Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images

(CBS News) AURORA, Colo. - In deference to last week's deadly shooting in Colorado, the Romney campaign continues to postpone and cancel events in the state.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was planning on coming to Colorado for a campaign event this coming Saturday, but the campaign has decided to cancel the trip in the wake of last Friday's massacre at a movie screening of "Dark Knight Rising" in Aurora.

Rubio will still campaign in Las Vegas on Saturday, where he'll visit his old elementary school and hold a rally. The trip will mark Rubio's first time heading out on the trail to stump for Romney on his own.

Romney is currently on an international campaign swing. He is in London today and will be in Israel over the weekend, before heading to Poland.

(Romney called for unity in remarks immediately following the shooting on Friday.)

Rubio is the only possible running mate that Romney has publicly said is being vetted for the position. With the Republican National Convention a month away, Romney is expected to announce his decision within the coming weeks.