http://capitolannex.com/2008/07/21/mccain-looks-at-a-republican-governor-from-the-south-for-a-running-mate-but-it-isnt-perry/ Outside Austin, But Terribly Well Connected Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:34:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://capitolannex.com/2008/07/21/mccain-looks-at-a-republican-governor-from-the-south-for-a-running-mate-but-it-isnt-perry/comment-page-1/#comment-181980 souperman Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:32:57 +0000 http://capitolannex.com/2008/07/21/mccain-looks-at-a-republican-governor-from-the-south-for-a-running-mate-but-it-isnt-perry/#comment-181980 Not sure I completely buy the Jindal-as-veep rumors, for the simple reason that were McCain to win, the GOP would lose a Southern governorship in a state where the Democrats could hold on to it if they played their cards right, as Mitch Landrieu is Lt. Governor. But, those concerns could be outweighed by having the youngest governor in the country on the ballot with one of the oldest people ever to run on a major party ticket for a first term of the presidency. Not sure I completely buy the Jindal-as-veep rumors, for the simple reason that were McCain to win, the GOP would lose a Southern governorship in a state where the Democrats could hold on to it if they played their cards right, as Mitch Landrieu is Lt. Governor. But, those concerns could be outweighed by having the youngest governor in the country on the ballot with one of the oldest people ever to run on a major party ticket for a first term of the presidency.

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