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JC Watts!

A solid conservative, who'll help take the race issue off the table.

JC Watts!

A solid conservative, who'll help take the race issue off the table.

The race issue will never be taken off the table if the person is a Republican. The line for this election from the Drive Bys would be that the Republicans are saying "Hey, look, we also have a black candidate. We're hip, too." We'll never win any credit on the race issue. W's cabinet is the most racially diverse in history, and it got him zero credit (though it got us some poor choices running things).

Those realities being said, I could go for JC Watts as VP because he seems like the best of the group listed (most of whom are sorry, sorry choices). He's articulate, solidly conservative, and well liked by Republicans. He's even a preacher, so maybe that would permanently take eyes off of the liberal Huckabee for those who swooned over him for that reason. He'd go further than any of the others towards possibly re-energizing Republican voters. The fact that he's black has nothing to do with why he would be McCain's best choice. I also think having a Republican who hasn't been in the race or public eye too recently would probably lead to lower negatives for him than most of the others who have been beating up on each other.

“...who’ll help take the race issue off the table”

Yes, like Colin & Condi did. /s