My Pick for V.P.

The question of who should John McCain pick for V.P. is a tuff one. There is no clear candidate who would be perfect each one has his or her ups and downs. On the Democrat side I think the choice is clear with Kathleen Sebelius, the Governor of Kansas, simply because she is a Democrat in a blue state, with executive experience, and has bi-partisan appeal. For my party the choice isn't as clear. There are certain traits the V.P. needs to compliment McCain, executive experience, needs to be young but not too young, should come from a battleground state. There is one who jumps out as someone who meets all these traits, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. The state of Minnesota, although a Republican hasn't won there since Nixon in 1972 (longer then any other state), the Republican Convention will be in Minneapolis and some think McCain can carry the state. Pawlenty also has a executive experience with a record of reform, turning a $4.3 billion deficit into a $700 million surplus without raising taxes, he is a solid conservative who has backed McCain for a long time. He is also the right age,47, to complement McCain. He is the son of a truck driver and comes from a working class neighborhood in St. Paul. He was the first person in his family to graduate from college and started out in politics as a city council member and worked his way up from the state legislature to the governorship. There are a couple honorable mentions such as Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Louisana Governor Bobby Jindal, who I think will be great for 2012 or 2016, but still need more experience, even though Jindal has more experience in many respects then Obama.In the end I think a McCain/Pawlenty ticket would be great for the party and America. Below is a picture of Pawlenty talking to our troops.