That stuff needs to be left to the left.

McCain should choose the best person for the job.

Period.

I feel like it fits in better at some far-left site, with its fixation on skin color.

I took out the references to white people in the original post.

Fair or unfair, most people see the Republican Party as primarily of the majority and then mostly males. One of the ways to change that perception is to nominate a VP with outstanding capabilities but who also happens to be a minority or a woman.

Lets face it there are many people out there who could do a credible job as VP and in the end this is about politics and has little or nothing to do with fairness. So why not take advantage of the situation to help change people’s perception of the Republican Party.

Mit Romney

But seriously. He oozes every bit of the smug CEO he used to be, but the man knows how $ in america works. And McCain has admitted to knowing little a bout the economy. He’s basically admitted his wife handles all the money. Most of its her’s so you’d figure. But that pick also sures up his conservative base which is what he’s lagging in. Only thing is, Romney is weak in debates, Biden will make him look weaker than Cheany did Edwards.

Meg Whitman would be a home run.. and she is an acolyte of Mitt. So you can put Romney in as Treasury Secretary and make that known in Minneapolis. Then go with Whitman.

or Pawlenty, Kasich, Cantor, Linda Lingle of Hawaii, Jodi Rell.

don’t go for an old rich white guy!! we need someone middle class who has become successful on their own!

and for those who disagree above, I ain’t new.

Elections are about strategy … there is no difference between picking Palin as appealing to women than there is to picking Pawlenty as appealing to midwesterners.

As long as the person IS qualified then you pick who will help you win the election.

I’d agree that following aren’t:
Carly
Meg Whitmann
Libby Dole
Any super pro choicer

In my opinion, Pawlenty would be the best VP for pick for McCain. Such a choice would attract a lot of evangelical Christian votes. I am an evangelical Christian conservative myself, and I will vote for McCain no matter who he chooses for VP. Just the fact that McCain is pro-life and pro-national security is enough for me to vote for him.
I doubt Rigde could turn Pa red because he’s been out of office for a long time and the current Pa governor is a hard-core Obama supporter. Ridge is also pro-choice which might be a little risky for McCain’s campaign. I can’t believe that Lieberman is being considered.
I have nothing against Romeny, in any event I like Pawlenty the best of all these choices.Pawlenty might even turn Minnesota red.
I think Palin is OK, but she isn’t very experianced. What if McCain gets elected, and later on dies in office?
If things turn out that way, the VP will have a load of hay fall on him or her, and it needs to be someone who can handle it (I don’t think Palin could).
Pawlenty seems to be the only one who measures up to all the requirements of an ideal VP choice. I hope and pray that he get chosen, and that McCain will win.

His name is…

Archbishop Chaput! Of Denver!

Check out his response to Nancy Pelosi’s lies about the Catholic Church and abortion on Meet the Press yesterday.

Guts, executive experience, pro-life…what else do we need?

http://catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=13625

But not because she is a woman. If anything, a woman on the ticket will push those identity voters back into the Democrat fold. Minorities and women only “count” if they are liberal. Deep down I do not believe that these voters want to see a Republican as the first female Vice President.

The Palin pick focuses the energy debate. It provides political cover for McCain to switch his position and support opening ANWR to oil exploration.

Although serving as Alaska’s Governor a mere two years, she has more experience than Barack Obama. Looking at the two tickets side by side, the contrast will be clear to the casual voter that the Obama-Biden ticket is upside-down.

Furthermore, I get no sense that she has Presidential ambitions. Voters may find that refreshing.

I think from strategic standpoint he should pick a woman and if he does would fully well understand why he did

However, I really like Pawlenty and as a young Republican think he would do wonders to help energize many of us

Plus, I like the fact he is tried and tested and has great background.

Is Pawlenty of Italian decent cause that would do even more wonders for many of us? Plus, he is hockey player

I think certain lessons are pretty obvious. Don’t pick a candidate who is going to accentuate your own weaknesses, don’t pick someone who is going to upset millions of women, don’t pick somebody with a track record of comments attacking the top of the ticket, etc.

McCain should pick someone whose strengths will accentuate, and compliment, his own. Governor Palin’s strength on the oil/drilling/ANWR issue compliments and increases McCain’s advantage on that issue, and enables him to change his position on ANWR. Her long time crusade against corruption in Alaskan Government compliments McCain’s own Maverick and anti-Washington corruption message and record. Plus, as we all have heard a million times by now, Obama has a major problem with women voters, and so this is pretty much the best timing there has ever been for the Republican nominee to have a female running mate. In addition to all of that, the very fact that McCain would pick a female running mate would ITSELF play into McCain’s ‘Maverick’ image absolutely perfectly.

So, to touch on something said in a previous comment, it really doesnt matter whether you like Palin because she’s a solid Conservative who will shore up the base, or you like her because she appeals to Hillary supporters as well as Independent women, or for any of the other reasons, the bottom line is that she does all those things very well, and as such is an ideal choice for a running mate.