Jindal may be young, but he’s attractive, well-spoken, and damn smart. Kinda like Obama, but not a raging socialist.

Palin is a frickin’ rockstar, but only to Alaskans. You are right that she’d be facing name recognition problems, but as her story comes out (sooner, rather than later I’d hope) the American public will absolutely fall in love with her. She or Jindal would also be fantastic for appeasing gun owners who don’t care for McCain’s wish to shut down gun shows, and screw the NRA (and the First Amendment) with McCain-Feingold.

Romney is as bad as McCain, except he’s got the name thing going for him. He’s a loser on so many important conservative issues that the base will become even more disillusioned with the party if we end up with a McRomney White House.

Thompson isn’t too old, he’s just too good. He fared poorly in the primaries for two reasons: one is that he wasn’t interested in the ugly norms of the campaign process, the other is that he was too conservative for moderates, RINOs and neocons. He was a polar opposite of Bush, and a mirror image of Reagan. That scares the GOP elites.

I’ve also heard the name of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist thrown around. Crist is a RINO as well, but he’s older, has a good resume, and charisma out the yinyang. Although Crist is likely to buy into the nonsense and tripe spouted by the environmental lobby, he’s still good on economics (loves cutting taxes, had the balls to do it AND cut spending) and he’s pro-gun.

GINGRICH: I love the idea of Gingrinch, but his negatives are probably too high.

JINDAL: I also like Jindal, but he’s too young. And his selection might also appear a little too transparent. He’s got a great future, but he’s not ready right now.

PALIN: She’s a good conservative choice, too, but she’s got name recognition problems (I think McCain as to come out with a pick that has immediate impact), and picking a women might seem too transparent.

Other possible conservatives…

RICE: I love Condi, but she’s got too much baggage from this administration.

THOMPSON: Too old.

SANTORUM: I like him, but he’s too hawkish right now, and he has already been rejected by PA voters, and McCain needs to compete for the blue collar workers in PA and other Rust Belt states.

and then there is the yet-to-be-named elephant in the room…

ROMNEY: I really like Romney, and I think he would make a great choice for the ticket. He brings conservative values with real world economic experience. He’s probably my second choice for running mate. My primary concern with Romney is losing more middle ground to Obama while trying to shore up the base.

I share your concern that picking a moderate like Guiliani risks a party battle between moderates and conservatives. But I don’t agree that it would ultimately lead to a pre-election fight, not when the biggest prize at stake is selection of supreme court justices and other judiciary appointments. I would hope that Republicans, whether conservatives or RINOs would delay any rift until after the election in recognition that a loss to Obama in the fall would result in two or three Supreme Court replacements in the liberal fashion, which is a real threat to our liberties. So if we can get McCain to agree to appoint justices like Alito and Roberts (which Guiliani has already promised to do), then I’m open to a little party infighting in the short term.

So why not put a real bulldog conservative in the veep spot? How about Gingrich? Or Sarah Palin, to shore up half of the democratic women voters who were voting for Hillary just because she didn’t have a penis? Or Jindal to win over some of the “I’m voting for Obama to prove our country isn’t racist” folks?

Regardless, the moderate Republican trend to drift leftwards on economic and foreign policy issues will eventually cause a rift in the party that will eventually result in a Democrat Executive branch with a Democrat Congress. That, my friend, would undeniably spell doom for our country and our liberty. If McCain, as president, is unwilling to cater to honest conservatives, then we’ll need a veep who is. If for no other reason, than to hold the party together. Otherwise, the predicted meltdown is coming. And it won’t be pretty.

Keep 1600

Honestly, I’d don’t have much problem with Giuliani, except for his abysmal past when it comes to the second amendment.

Just curious – I haven’t seen this yet and am wondering what you’re specifically referring to.