I think that McCain would be mistaken to choose an older VP, and Ridge is older AND dull. I admit to being biased, living in MN, but I think Pawlenty would be a great choice. A successful purple state governor who is good looking and a very good speaker, McCain can't find anyone better. If Jindal had more years as governor under his belt I would be happy with him too.

Don Carcieri. Pro-life, good on immigration, strong business background. And the Beltway press corps doesn't have its attack lines prepackaged

I would like to suggest McCain choose Michael Steele for VP.

I second the Michael Steele choice.

Can Schumer verify if Steele has good credit or not before we choose him?

Mark Sanford is the #1 choice. 3 RINO Governors and an obscure ex-Congressman aren't acceptable.

COgirl

Steele- was only a Lt.Gov. of a not so big state and he lost his last election bid there.

I know Steele is popular and maybe he has more on his resume than I know about but it seems to me that we are watching the Affirmative Action election over there on the Democrat side and following them.

It's a real mistake to follow their six too close-you could end up a ground dart..

Now Condi Rice she has the resume but the skills of oratory are lacking.

Now the resume that Ridge has would out do the entire Democrat ticket no matter who they picked and even most of their cabinet-by himself.

Experience-it matters these days-and that should be the Republican mantra.

As a Texan who loves Texas and America, PLEEEEEEZ do not let Rick Perry anywhere near the White House!!!!!!

"2. Former PA Gov. and DHS Sec. Tom Ridge."-jj

Pro-abortion Republican? This is a funny funny board!

"For the media/Democrats there also are four obvious candidates:
1. NM Gov. Bill Richardson.
2. VA Gov. Tim Kaine.
3. TN Gov. Phil Bredesen.
4. OK Gov. Brad Henry."

Richardson is a no-go. 2 and 3: ??.

As for Henry: He's only Just Bearable here in OK and fortunate enough to have run against Ernest Istook who is suspected by his utterances ("It wasn't supposed to be this way!") of being privy to the ATF bombing of the Murrah Bldg in OKC while in Congress.

I would also like to see Michael Steele, and after I heard an interview with Louisana Gov. Bobby Jindal today with Hugh Hewitt, he seems like a great choice as well.

oh my Ridge is beyond dull... and is not the face of the Republican party that most of us want.

Portman is a horrible choice. According to Rasmussen, he actually hurts McCain in OH more than he helps him. He makes no sense...

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/state_toplines/ohio/ohio_general_election_toplines_april_8_2008

"3 RINO Governors"

Posted by The Exposer

If you think Pawlenty is a RINO then you must believe only 100% is acceptable. You would have rejected Reagan with that mindset, which is great in imaginary universes, but entirely useless (and harmful) in the real world.

I don't think Pawlenty is a RINO. He is. A downright lousy Governor who has presided over a complete collapse of the party in his state, including the MN House, all the other individually elected GOP statewide incumbents, a Congressional seat and the failure to help us retake a prime Senate seat. It's about leadership, and he's a failure. Oh, and, yeah, he's aligned himself with the environwackos, too.

I know of no Conservatives from MN who have warm feelings about him after the "job" he's done. None. All I see is the RINO Establishment trying to shove him down our throats as a potential VP choice (along with potential similar incompetents Huckabee and Romney, both of whom no Democrat could've done to their state parties and Conservatism what they did to bury both).

You don't reward failure with promotion.

There's only 3 top Republican Governors remotely acceptable, and those are Sanford, Barbour, and Carcieri. The only ones whom have demonstrated clear leadership and have the records to prove it.

I still think Gov. Palin in Alaska would be a good pick. She would give some of the ticked off women folk somewhere to go. She is a good conservative and comes across very well on TV.

Yes, I know she's about to be a new mom, but I think thats a plus. Dem's would have a hard time attacking the "new Mom" and she can always pull out the old favorite "I'm running for my children, to make their future better".

This is coming a bit late, and might go unread, but there's an important consideration to the McCain VP choice that I don't see being addressed.

That is the possibility that McCain will NOT be running for re-election at age 76, making his VP (should they win the election) the sitting incumbent for the 2012 election. In that case, who would be the best choice of VP?

Just something to keep in mind.