If McCain Pulls Off A Miracle And Wins The Nomination Who Is His Best VP?

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ever since Pawlenty hitched his wagon to McCain way back when I always thought he was a lock to be McCain's VP if the situation arose.  and it makes sense, with some regional and generational balance.  but all I know about Pawlenty is where he's from and that he's yet to win an absolute majority of votes cast, so I can't really comment on whether or not he'd be a good pick for McCain.  although the idea that he could swing MN without being all that popular doesn't seem to fly.

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Pawlenty would help him a lot in the Midwest.

why?

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Pawlenty would help him a lot in the Midwest.

why?

He's the Governor of Minnesota, and he's ideologically closer to McCain than Thompson is.

I don't really see why McCain's ideology would be such gold in the upper midwest.  and I don't see why being the Governor of an adjacent state helps so much in IA and WI, especially considering Pawlenty has approvals in the low 50s and has ran behind Bush's prior MN total in both '02 and '06 (he's received just 46.7% and 44.4% the two times he has been elected.)

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Yes, exactly what I've been saying.

Serious question: What percentage of Iowans and Wisconsinites do you believe have heard of Pawlenty? And of that percentage, how many actually care about him?

and how many of those are Democrats or Independents that are in love with Pawlenty so much that they'd change allegiances over his inclusion at the bottom of a ticket?