I do not have thorough background information on these candidats, so I don’t know everything about them. They are just on my list of people to consider. If they don’t match up to Palin, then okay:
Females:
Meg Whitman, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Elizabeth Dole
Males:
Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney
That’s just a first pass. I’ll probably be able to come up with more.
Of the three women, only one demonstrates solid conservative principles, Hutchinson. I’ll grant you she would have been a good pick also. I think her only baggage may be the two Senator ticket.