I'm not against a woman on the ticket, but I support it only if she is the best candidate for VP period. If the Presidential Nominee is a Yankee, a Texan may be a good balance.
I've thought about this some more and probably the worst thing the Republicans can do is act as if they are reacting to a Hillary candidacy - which is probably why they will do this. I'm learning that if you want to predict what the Republicans in Washington will do, expect them to do whatever is the most cowardly.
For Democrats, expect them to do whatever is the most political, no matter how blatant they are about it. They will always do/say the most political thing they could do. Never once will they put their country or their conscience above what advances their political position. For Republicans, it's always doing the safest thing for themselves, even if it means selling themselves out which they do time and again.
Karl Rove reminds me of the football coach whose team should be better by three touchdowns than his opponent and manages to win the game on a last-second field goal while he gets carried off the field and hailed as a genius. He's the Bill Belichick of political consultants. Yes, he wins but he makes it closer than it ought to be by playing too safe.