There’s no way McCain can put another white guy with gray hair on the ticket (sorry Joe, Newt, Charlie). He can’t run with another Senator. He can’t run with Mitt (women don’t like him and the whole Texas Mormon trial will be going nuts all fall). Heather MacDonald would be great but she’s another westerner. With Duncan Hunter McCain would have a big (well-deserved) “kick me” sign on his rear end. Ditto Jeff Sessoms. JC Watts won’t do it. Michael Steele is a great choice but will be asked each and every day whether he thinks he’s on the ticket because Obama is black, and I am not sure he has an answer that will play in Peoria (much less the AP). I am surprised Sen. Conryn hasn’t been at least mentioned — he’s got it all but fails the geographic/white hair test.
McCain’s a lousy candidate so he has bad choices. He’s got to go with Jindal — “ethnic” but not dark, articulate, way too young and unseasoned, but how is Obama going to attack that? It fits McCain’s “maverick” persona, women voters will want to cuddle the “kid” from La., it’ll blunt BHO’s “change” message, and the choice will say “I’m not dying any time soon.”
BTW: Obama is going to pick Gov. Napolitano.
