If GOPers want to continue to have elections that are decided within 3 pts and 50 electoral votes, they should definitely rule out anyone who is from a blue or purple state and who is not a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
A northerner and/or a Catholic (or other religious minority like Mormons) and/or someone who knows how to appeal to moderates would win in a landslide in 2008 over Hillary. Let's give states like Michigan and Wisconsin and Pennsylvania a candidate who they can relate to. Even just one of those states makes a Dem win nearly impossible. Look, I love the Red States. And I think the VP should definitely be from the Red States, preferably the South. But I think we have to be a bit bolder at the top of the ticket if we want to start winning those purple states that Bush lost by 5 pts or less in two consecutive elections.
I could not agree more. I was simply pointing out the problems with the current list of assumed fron runners.