Veepage II

Found a Free Press op-ed touting Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty as a good choice for McCain's VP. You can read it if you want too, but my opinion remains unchanged. Pawlenty looks good on paper, but once you look closer, you find problems:

1. He couldn't deliver Minnesota for McCain in the primary. What makes it a sure thing he can do it in the general?

2. He's not as popular as he looks. He got re-elected in 2006 by the skin of his teeth and since then, well a bridge fell down amongst other things.

3. History is not on his side. Minnesota hasn't gone red since 1972.

I think it's going to be Romney. Romney appeals to the hardcore conservative base- he can undercut appeals Obama has out west with Latinos by upping Morman turnout (maybe?) and there's a decent chance he flips Michigan. Michigan > Minnesota electoral vote wise. To me it's a no-brainer- unless McCain wants someone else entirely.