A Little Look at Possible VPs

Sunday, Republican strategist and former Bush administration official Dan Senor claimed that Condoleezza Rice was angling for the Vice President slot on the Republican ticket, saying, "Condi Rice has been actively, actually in recent weeks, campaigning for this."

Rice, however, claimed that there was no truth to this statement and claims that while she will be watching the election with interest as a voter, she plans on returning to Stanford after her time as Secretary of State.

I'm not sure that Condoleezza Rice would be a smart move for the Republicans, since the way that McCain can win will be by distancing himself from the Bush administration, whereas having Rice on the ticket will be something for the Democrats to point to when they call a vote for McCain a vote for Four More Years of George W. Bush Politics.

The other names that have been floated for McCain are Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, either of which might appease the Conservative base that still don't feel completely comfortable with McCain, but would also push a lot of the Independent voters (who will be very important this November) over to the Democratic side.

An interesting name I've heard a couple of times, but don't really see as possible, is that of Joe Lieberman, who was the VP on the Al Gore ticket. He is now an Independent and has moved far to the right of where he used to be, but is still probably closer to a Democrat on many issues then he is to Republican. While this ticket would appeal to the independents, it would probably cause a lot of the Conservative base to sit out the election all together.

While the Democrats continue their struggle to select a nominee, McCain's search for a Vice Presidential candidate becomes a more intriguing story to keep an eye on.