McCain’s Possible VP Choices and Their Downsides
Posted July 27, 2008 at 1:02pm
| Veep Candidate | Job | Downside |
| Charlie Crist | Gov. of Florida | Can he make decisions? (He is now engaged for the fifth time) |
| Carly Fiorina | ex-HP CEO | Nearly ran HP into the ground, fired by the board, given $40 million severance pay |
| Bobby Jindal | Gov. of Louisiana | Performs amateur exorcisms; late-night comics would go wild |
| Mike Huckabee | ex-Gov. of Arkansas | McCain thinks he’s crazy |
| Kay Hutchison | Sen. from. Texas | Might not play well with working-class men |
| Sarah Palin | Gov. of Alaska | Under investigation for possibly breaking the law trying to fire her brother in law |
| Tim Pawlenty | Gov. of Minnesota | Unknown nationally and Dems will win Minnesota even with him on the ticket |
| Rob Portman | ex-OMB Director | Like the economy? Good. Hire Bush’s budget director for a repeat performance |
| Tom Ridge | ex Gov. of Pennsylvania | Pro choice, which will infuriate the Base |
| Mitt Romney | ex-Gov. of Mass. | Flip-flops are all over You Tube; antiMormon bigotry is widespread in the South |
| Mark Sanford | Gov. of South Carolina | Unknown outside his state |
| John Thune | Sen. from South Dakota | Only three years in the Senate and unknown outside his state |