They shoulda gone with Condoleeza Rice. Whether or not she is as evil as our generation's very own Tricky Dick is debatable, but there's no arguing she's got a brain and some serious star power. Presence, I guess you'd call it. She both frightens and impresses me. And she would have brought both gender and race factors to the McCain ticket, which he needed.
Good thing he didn't figure THAT one out, lol!