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I wrote up a list of VP possibilities that were actually Conservative some months ago (of officeholders or recent ones). I should revise it as follows (of statewide or federal and recent ex-officeholders). Doesn’t include any non-pols, whom are harder to vet:

AL
Sen. Jeff Sessions
Rep. Mo Brooks

AK
Ex-Gov. Sarah Palin

AZ
Rep. Dave Schweikert

AR
N/A

CA
Rep. Duncan Hunter, Jr.
Ex-Rep. Duncan Hunter, Sr.
Rep. Tom McClintock
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher

CO
N/A

CT
N/A

DE
N/A

FL
Ex-Rep. Allen West (now of TX)

GA
N/A

HI
N/A

ID
N/A

IL
N/A

IN
Rep. Marlin Stutzman (outgoing)

IA
Rep. Rod Blum

KS
Rep. Mike Pompeo

KY
N/A

LA
Atty. Gen. Jeff Landry

ME
Gov. Paul LePage

MD
N/A

MA
N/A

MI
Rep. Tim Walberg

MS
N/A

MO
N/A

MT
N/A

NE
N/A

NV
N/A

NH
N/A

NJ
Rep. Scott Garrett

NM
N/A

NY
N/A

NC
Gov. Pat McCrory
Rep. George Holding
Rep. Mark Meadows

ND
N/A

OH
Ex-Sec of State Ken Blackwell
Rep. Jim Jordan

OK
Ex-Gov. Frank Keating

OR
N/A

PA
Ex-Gov. Mark Schweiker
Rep. Scott Perry

RI
Ex-Gov. Don Carcieri

SC
Sen. Tim Scott

SD
N/A

TN
Rep. Marsha Blackburn

TX
Gov. Greg Abbott
Sen. Ted Cruz (despite the complaints, an excellent Senator)
Rep. Louie Gohmert

UT
Sen. Mike Lee

VT
N/A

VA
Rep. Dave “The Giant Killer” Brat

WA
N/A

WV
N/A

WI
N/A (I thought about Gov. Scott Walker, but he just was such a bust nationally)

WY
N/A

Palin is disqualified for endorsing marxist Bill Walker for AK Governor, and irregardless of that I think she’d be an awful choice. I doubt she’s interested anyway.

Of these 20 from the article

Cotton, eh sure, not terribly experienced.

Corker, no. This is the sew your lips to the establishment’s butt pick. I like to see them getting along with Trump but this would go too far.

Christie Creme, no.

Enrst, eh sure but I don’t think woman for woman sake is a good idea, she’s been in the Senate for 5 minutes.

Gingrich, hell no.

Sessions, he’s old but yes, experienced and conservative

General Flynn, IS A DEMOCRAT, HELL NO.

Condi Rice, give me a break,

Rick Scott, lightweight, no.

Perry, I wouldn’t pick him but he’s much better than most names they put on these lists, I can live with him and not be disgusted or baffled

General McChrystal, look, a political neophyte who’s unknown to voters is not a good match for this candidate. Is he Paton? McArthur? Ike?

Pence, he’s ok, he did something disappointing that I can’t recall at the moment (something to do with the homos and a religious freedom bill?), but he’s running for reelection and it’s a competitive race. McCrory, whom you mention, has the same issue.

Martha McSally, a freshman Congresswoman from a competitive district who leans RINO? Give me a break. They are just grasping for women to mention. Silly.

Rubio, I actually think he would be a good pick but he’s running for Senate, which I think is best

Jim Webb, HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would be loathe to vote to put that commie POS a heartbeat from the White House. I would encourage the convention to reject such a pick, and I think they would. Unacceptable.

Walker, yes, I won’t rule him out just because he didn’t light the world on fire during his time in this historically bizarre race.

Blackburn, if you’re going with a woman this is one of more logical names mentioned. Much better than most names on this list.

Kasich, um NO!!!

Rudy G, is this a joke? Don’t even get me started. The electoral college issue is irrelevant since they won’t carry NY anyway (or come close to needing it if they somehow do) but...jeez the same state, that’s a laughable suggestion. I would fire the author for making it if he worked for me. Oh yeah and NOT PRO LIFE, do we want that to be an issue? No. Do we want a certain comedy sketch of Rudy dressed up in drag being played on the news? No. Ugh. Come on.

Scott Brown, Not a conservative! No! Not a winner either, he lost, in 2 different states. What are his asserts exactly? He’s “good-looking”? Preposterous.

Of those on your list the ones I would give the most serious consideration to besides the already mentioned Sessions are Cruz, Abbott, Lee, and Keating, though Keating is old that’s a pretty strong Cheneyesque pick and interesting idea. Many of the Congressman you mentioned are good and interesting picks but I don’t know. I’d take Blum off because that is the same thing as giving away his seat, and he’s just a freshman. Rohrabacher is the most experienced, also the oldest.