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| | In August of 2008, McCain supporters in the [[Pennsylvania]] GOP filed a lawsuit to remove Libertarian candidate [[Bob Barr]] from the ballot in Pennsylvania.<ref>[http://www.foxreno.com/politics/17258065/detail.html GOP Wants Barr Barred From Pa. Ballot: Candidate Claims McCain Camp Playing Dirty]</ref> Barr is a staunch conservative and could draw votes away from McCain in a state where McCain could ill afford it. The suit says Libertarians waited too long to substitute Barr's name for the stand-in candidate whose name had appeared on petitions. Barr denies the accusation. | | In August of 2008, McCain supporters in the [[Pennsylvania]] GOP filed a lawsuit to remove Libertarian candidate [[Bob Barr]] from the ballot in Pennsylvania.<ref>[http://www.foxreno.com/politics/17258065/detail.html GOP Wants Barr Barred From Pa. Ballot: Candidate Claims McCain Camp Playing Dirty]</ref> Barr is a staunch conservative and could draw votes away from McCain in a state where McCain could ill afford it. The suit says Libertarians waited too long to substitute Barr's name for the stand-in candidate whose name had appeared on petitions. Barr denies the accusation. |
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| − | ==Potential Republican Vice-Presidential Candidates==
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| − | *[[Haley Barbour]] - Governor of [[Mississippi]]
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| − | *[[Matt Blunt]] - Governor of [[Missouri]]
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| − | *[[Sam Brownback]] - U.S. Senator from [[Kansas]]
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| − | *[[Jeb Bush]] - former Governor of [[Florida]]
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| − | *[[Tom Coburn]] - U.S. Senator from [[Oklahoma]]
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| − | *[[Charlie Crist]] - Governor of [[Florida]]]
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| − | *[[Jim DeMint]] - U.S. Senator from [[South Carolina]]
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| − | *[[Bill Frist]] - former U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader from [[Tennessee]]
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| − | *[[Rudy Giuliani]] - former Mayor of [[New York City]]
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| − | *[[Lindsey Graham]] - U.S. Senator from [[South Carolina]]
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| − | *[[Mike Huckabee]] - former Governor of [[Arkansas]]
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| − | *[[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] - U.S. Senator from [[Texas]]
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| − | *[[Bobby Jindal]] - Governor of [[Louisiana]]
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| − | *[[Joe Lieberman]] - U.S. Senator from [[Connecticut]]
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| − | *[[Bill Owens]] - former Governor of [[Colorado]]
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| − | *[[Sarah Palin]] - Governor of [[Alaska]]
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| − | *[[Tim Pawlenty]] - Governor of [[Minnesota]]
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| − | *[[David Petraeus]] - Commanding General, Multinational Force [[Iraq]]
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| − | *[[Colin Powell]] - former United States [[Secretary of State]]
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| − | *[[Condoleezza Rice]] - United States Secretary of State
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| − | *[[Tom Ridge]] - former Homeland Security Secretary and Former Governor of [[Pennsylvania]]
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| − | *[[Mitt Romney]] - former Governor of [[Massachusetts]]
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| − | *[[Mark Sanford]] - Governor of South Carolina
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| − | *[[Michael Steele]] - former Lt. Governor of [[Maryland]]
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| − | *[[Fred Thompson]] - former U.S. Senator from Tennessee
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| − | *[[John Thune]] - U.S. Senator from [[South Dakota]]
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| | ==Criticisms== | | ==Criticisms== |