Sorry for the multiple posts...I'm remembering back to Comic Con when it was mentioned that Bonnie was getting a new love interest and Kat really didn't seem impressed :) I don't know if she knew who it was then but yeah...

And in that same CC interview, Caroline Dries outright stated that they weren't going the Bonnie/Damon route. I mean, they could've changed their minds but...I imagine that rules out Damon for the foreseeable future.