Assuming the Palin thing really is put to rest and her spokeswoman really isn’t lying through her teeth, what other options are available for McCain?
Using John Hawkins’ top 24 list from February and dismissing those who have already been ruled out, here’s who I could see being announced in just a couple hours:
Women:
Elizabeth Dole
Marsha Blackburn
Condi Rice
Men:
Colin Powell
Rob Portman
Rick Perry
Mark Sanford
Fred Thompson
The shakedown:
Dole would be a disaster. Rice is supremely unlikely. Blackburn would be … off the wall.
Colin Powell would violate the “traditional” standard, considering he is a supporter of abortion rights and conservative leaders specifically warned McCain against such a pick just this week. Still, check out this poll. Unbeatable?
Portman would be the biggest letdown ever.
Sanford and Perry are both popular conservative governors …
Fred Thompson is nowhere in sight.
So … how about Eric Cantor?
August 29, 2008 at 9:52 am |
This just in: It’s Palin. Her spokeswoman was lying to ABC News! I wish it was Cantor, but Palin is solidly conservative, young, and being a woman, she’ll help those disgruntled Hillary voters go for McCain! She’s also a governor, not a back-bench senator, like the messiah, lord Barack Obama. She supports drilling in ANWR and is suing the feds over the polar bear endangered species crap! She doesn’t bow at high-priest al-Goracle’s church of global warming like McCain either.