How about the Govenor of Alaska?  Sarah Palin? 

The more I know about her, the more I like her.  She might be just the woman we need. 

I still say Lieberman.

1) McCain and Liebrman are friends, McCain trusts him.

2) It throws the "change" how government is run arguement back in Obama's face.

3) Probably gives the Hillary voters someplace to go.

My second choice is for McCain to pick a woman, maybe Palin.

I say Lieberman, too, if only to make his ticket COMPLETELY UNELECTABLE. 

I'm saying Romney.  I dont' think he has to pick a woman. 

Joe Lieberman - Hey will loose the Far Right and Far Left, but he will pick up everyone else.

Colin Powell - Well he is Colin Powell, same reason as Lieberman.

Me.

I think I'll vote for Ralph Nader.

Ugh.

he has a ton of choice....I think he's looking at all options....personally I would go with Fred Thompson.

Gosh, we'd really be leaping off a cliff... I wasn't amused by Thompson or the hypocrisy of his far right supporters, but after watching him mope around in South Carolina, it became apparent that he wasn't cut out for the job. He was also the only candidate who tried to speak as Ron Paul was provoking open laughter... like Napoleon once said, if you enemy is destroying himself, don't interrupt.

IMO, if McCain "plays it safe" and picks someone that the Republican base pushes on him (like Romney), it will make the Dem's charge of "McSame" more believable and he will fall to the overall aproval ratings of a generic Republican.

McCain must avoid at all costs making this election about Dems vs Reps or he wiill loose big.  He has done well so far because he has made the election about Obama the person vs McCain the person.  A pick like Romney (and to a lessar degree Thompson) would bring it back to D's vs R's.

If the base can't abide a pick like Lieberman then he should go outside the lines and pick someone from the private sector.  Maybe Carly Fiorina would do, though I imagine she has some baggage from her HP days as well.

I read a blog today that said he should pick Lynn Cheney.  How's that for thinking outside of the box?

It would be a hoot if he named Dick Cheney though.   No reason why he couldn't...

He would of course loose the election, but it would be a blast to watch

McCain should choose Condoleeza Rice or at least attempt to. Both parties are struggling to acquire a good foreign affairs campaign platform and Condoleeza Rice is the face of it. Plus, it doesnt hurt that she is both african american and a woman, both of which the Democrats tried to sway the vote with.