Here’s my take on the situation.
DEFINITELY NOT! — I really hope McCain has the brains and guts to just pass these folks by. If he picks one, it will be crass pandering* and/or total abandonment of principle IMO, plus a few of them are idiots not worth their reputation.
Joe Lieberman
Mike Huckabee
Ron Paul
Haley Barbour
Carly Fiorina
Tom Coburn
Charlie Crist
Liddy Dole
Rudy Guliani
Lindsay Graham
Tom Ridge
Christie Todd Whitman
Tom Tancredo
* and the pandering probably would not have the desired effect — it just wouldn’t work anyway!
WOW BUT WON’T HAPPEN — interesting folks but probably can’t happen this year, for a variety of reasons.
Bobby Jindal
Condi Rice
Jeb Bush
J.C. Watts
Marsha Blackburn
Paul Ryan
Fred Thompson
Colin Powell
Any qualified Hispanic
SERIOUS CHOICES — my version of the possible short list.
Mitt Romney
Rob Portman
Tim Pawlenty
Newt Gingrich (?)
Mark Sanford
Sarah Palin
Chris Cox
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Jon Huntsman
… and quite a few others, I’m sure. But why aren’t there more female candidates?
