McCain VP???

It'll be Huckabee.

 

I would love for it to be Powell, but I'm afraid Andy is right, in the fact that it will at least be Huckabee before Powell.

But a ticket with McCain and Powell would beat either democratic candidate, so we'll have to see just how important the Republican party is to Powell.

 

Uh oh, now we'll see how upset you truely made him Don...

 

I think it's going to be Pettyfog.

 

Outstanding.

 

Powell is too old and there is no way he'd accept. The man has too much integrity to put his family through the press scrutiny.

 

Put the Minnesotan in there.

 

Condi??

 

Where's Jeb? If Hillary is in there?

 

Crist endorsed McCain while he was in Florida, I know that much, but I seriously doubt McCain'll tap him as his running mate.

Jeb is highly unlikely to run for anything in the near future, I reckon.

 

He needs somebody to pander to the conservative base. Huckabee fits this. He is considered too independent and with somebody like Huckabee or another conservative he can energize the base along with the middle. If he picks somebody independent like himself, watch the Conservative base bounce off walls.

 

Yeah... and that's why Condi isnt such a good idea right now. Her Rep has been soiled badly with her latest middle eastern rounds, which look pretty much like a desperate attempt at last ditch 'Overtures at appeasement'.
Take that along with her inability to root out ANY of the 'go along to get along' desk occupiers at state.. I'm disappointed in her.

Huckabee, WHY? Analyse him. He's a Social Conservative ONLY. Romney's the ONLY guy who could fill the bill needed. But, that's not likely.

We need someone with the Rep of Polar Opposite, who can give an inspiring speech and who throws some 'color' AND strong values into the mix.

If we have to drag him kicking and screaming... JC Watts! He'd step up. But that's not likely either.

The only thing that upsets me is Don stuck Lindsay Graham in there. He's more a RINO than McCain by far... might as well be Lieberman... and if we're going that far, why not Harold Ford?

Much as I'd like to see Pawlenty, I think he's more valuable where he is. Minnesota seems to have been 'An Experiment in trying out political frames', lately, and I think dragging him away before he establishes conservatives roots to contend with DFL would be a mistake.

 

Someone 'round these parts mentioned Sonny Perdue and I almost threw up in my mouth.

Not that I would ever vote for McCain anyway...

 

I'm not the biggetst fan of Barbour, being from MS. But, it would certainlyhelp in getting the southern votes that he might need.

 

Uh, no thank you ... I'd thought they {MS Administration} were a little more enlightened than a lot of recent news stories have exposed. Too much baggage. He might not even bring in the GA or Carolina conservatives.

 

And I wouldn't mind having him out of office. I will say, he did an excellent job handling Katrina. You didn't hear he complaining from Mississippi like you did from New Orleans. Other than that though, not sure what he's done for the state.

 

Nahh. Actually our last Dem gov left office 17 years ago. Pawlenty is popular but not a transformative type. The states pretty well set. North and the city(s) vote DFL, the south and burbs vote Republican. He's into his second term and is bogged down by the heavy DFL legislature so he should leave if he gets the chance. I actually think were he to become a prominent national figure that would give Minnesota more of a Republican identity than were he to stay and try and do it from here.