"I wish I could quit you, John!"
McCain will go with Jeb Bush. The oracle has spoken.
Charlie Crist -- I guess he's okay, and might keep FL in the GOP column. I haven't been following what he wrong to make a bunch of freepers get on the "lynch Charlie Crist" bandwagon. Apprently it's now en vogue on FR to call any Republican official you dislike a homosexual. Well I dislike Arlen Specter but I'm pretty sure he's straight.
Kay Bailey Hutchison -- No. She has a conservative voting record but is the squishy, go-along, get-along with Dems types, and we don't want a Texas-Arizona ticket consisting of people past retirement age.
Tim Pawlenty -- Excellent choice, the only conservative Republican to be re-elected Governor in a swing state during 2006. he'll put Minnesota in the GOP column. The unfortunate thing is that Pawlenty will outshine McCain, as Pawlenty should be the GOP nominee for Prez.
Bobby Jindal -- Too Soon. As someone else pointed out, he's been governor for what, a month? And as someone else pointed out, we don't want to risk tainting his career by an uphill fight the 2008 GOP presidential ticket that will likely lose. Save Jindal for 2016.
Mike Pence -- Another rising star in the GOP who should be President, and shouldn't be regulated to the second slot under McCain. Don't want him tainted either. Also, he's little known nationally and Indiana is very unlikely to vote RAT, so wouldn't help with the ultimate goal of winning nationally.
Richard M. Burr -- No. Exactly what would he bring to the ticket? I can't think of a single thing. He's an obscure Senator from a safe GOP state. Might as well suggest Senator Crapo for veep.
Lindsey Graham -- Despite constant harping from freepers that either Graham, Huckabee, or Lieberman have made a secret "deal" to be McCain's running mate, none of them will be on the ticket. And Graham wouldn't bring much either, as the Dems and Independants hate him over Clinton's impeachment and the purist conservatives hate him for diagreeing with them one or two times. South Carolina will re-elect him though.
Condoleezza Rice -- HELL No. She's in over her head at state dept., leave picking candidates on the basis of affirmative action to the Dems. And we sure as hell don't need McCain to pick a running mate that would move the ticket further leftward.