Age is Just a Number
With all the talk about McCain needing to pick a young VP, here is a list of common, and some uncommon, names, in order of oldest to youngest:
71 Colin Powell: Former Secretary of State
66 Joe Lieberman: Senator, Connecticut
65 Phil Gramm: Former Senator, Texas
65 Fred Thompson: Former Senator, Tennessee
64 Newt Gingrich: Former Congressman, Georgia
64 Kay Bailey Hutchison: Senator, Texas July
63 Rudy Giuliani: Former Mayor, New York
62 Tom Ridge: Former Governor, Pennsylvania
61 Mitt Romney: Former Governor, Massachusetts
61 Mel Martinez: Senator, Florida
60 Tom Coburn: Senator, Oklahoma
60 Haley Barbour: Governor, Mississippi
58 Rick Perry: Governor, Texas
56 Jim DeMint: Senator, South Carolina
55 John Kasich: Congressman, Ohio
55 Marsha Blackburn: Congressman, Tennessee
55 Chris Cox: Congressman, California; Chairman, SEC
55 David Petraeus: General
55 Jeb Bush: Former Governor, Florida
53 Condi Rice: Secretary of State
52 Lindsey Graham: Senator, South Carolina
52 Mike Huckabee: Former Governor, Arkansas
52 Richard Burr: Senator, North Carolina
52 Rob Portman: Congressman, Ohio
51 Charlie Crist: Governor, Florida
50 JC Watts: Former Congressman, Oklahoma
49 Michael Steele: Former Lieutenant Governor, Maryland
48 Mike Pence: Congressman, Indiana
47 Tim Pawlenty: Governor, Minnesota
47 John Thune: Senator, South Dakota
47 Mark Sanford: Governor, South Carolina
44 Sarah Palin: Governor, Alaska
36 Bobby Jindal: Governor, Louisiana
