Politico is reporting that Senator McCain will announce his vice presidential pick on August 29th in Dayton, Ohio (Fordham's hometown). We can't help but wonder whether that means that McCain is going with an Ohioan. One name that's getting a lot of attention is John Kasich, the onetime presidential candidate and current commentator for Fox News. According to the website On the Issues, Kasich is a big supporter of school choice (appealing to Wall Street Journal conservatives) as well as school prayer (appealing to evangelical conservatives). He's youthful, dynamic, and the "son of a postman," as he likes to say, complementing McCain's age, experience, and wealth. Of course, he's also widely rumored to be planning a run for governor in 2010, but with Ted Strickland as popular as ever, he and the Ohio GOP might welcome this shot at the vice presidency.
