Gilmore might be setting himself up as a perfect VP candidate for 2008. One of the demographic/political trends over the last couple of decades is that Virginia has become a more heavily-contested state as more and more leftists have fled there from Maryland and the Northeast, and having this guy on the ticket might go a long way toward keeping it in the (R) column.
I was thinking the same thing. Especially if Romney ends up winning the nomination. At this point Gilmore should be rooting against Fred Thompson, because if Fred gets it I see him picking a VP from the NE or midwest to add some balance.