[Verginius Rufus]

If McCain does win the nomination, he needs to pick someone that conservatives trust as his running mate, someone who is credible as President in his own right (McCain's age is a factor with some voters, even if his mother is thriving at 95), probably someone not associated with Washington...so most likely a governor. Just not Huckabee, who is not conservative on a lot of key issues, and who will turn off a lot of independent voters who don't want a cornpone Elmer Gantry a heartbeat away.

I don't know who the strongest choice would be...Pawlenty has been mentioned in the past, but maybe there is someone better (I don't know much about Pawlenty).

[barryg]

Haley Barbour might be a good veep. I have never seen Pawlenty so can’t say anything about him.

[Republic If You Can Keep It]

How about Rick Santorum as McCain’s VP?

A good man & I think he’d pull in Pennsylvania for the win.