Will be John McCain’s running mate. As the media are fawning over Obama, this is something that McCain could easily do. They say he has “star power,” but the only “star power” he might have is that he is Mike Tyson’s brother-in-law.
For the record, he has never won a statewide office on his own accord. He did become Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, but in that state, Governors and Lt. Govs run on a ticket. He became Lt. Gov. because Bob Ehrlich picked him as a running mate, and then won himself in 2002. When Michael Steele himself ran for U.S. Senate in 2006, to replace to retirning Paul Sarbannes, he lost to Ben Cardin.
[...] Jamie Allman thinks it’ll be Michael Steele, but I don’t think that’ll happen, because he has never won an election on his own. Jindal’s too new, not even a year as Governor of Louisiana, and Portman and Cantor [...]