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Rating McCain's Potential VPs

Posted May 22, 08 10:44 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – John McCain may claim he’s just having Bobby Jindal, Charlie Crist, and Mitt Romney over for a barbecue this weekend, but it’s pretty clear the GOP’s presumptive nominee is really scouting VP candidates. So Politico ran down the merits of each potential ticket filler:

  •  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is young, ethnic, and extremely accomplished, especially in domestic policy, a McCain weak spot. But would the 36-year-old make McCain look too old?

 

  • Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is a ferocious campaigner, who would be dynamite as a campaign trail surrogate. More importantly, he’d all but gift-wrap Florida for McCain. But far-right conservatives distrust the social moderate.
  • Mitt Romney needs no introduction. The nation got to know him in the primary season, but not everyone liked what they saw. Picking him, however, would mend fences with conservatives and help McCain in Michigan.

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In this April 24, 2008 file photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal takes a tour of New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward with Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,not pictured.   (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)
In this May 2, 2008 file photo, Mitt Romney addresses the Maine Republican state convention at the Augusta Civic Center in Augusta, Maine.   (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist talks about health care issues during a news conference in Tallahassee.   (AP Photo/Phil Coale, File)
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, arrive for a joint news conference in Denver, Thursday, March 27, 2008.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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