My personal pick, Allen and Watts
No way that Allen puts Watts on his ticket...why? Watt does not add any balance regionally to the ticket. Allen will get the nomination (sorry Frist) but the Vice-Presidential pick will go to either Mitt Romney (MA), Rick Santorum (PA), or Condoleezza Rice (CA)...how about Jeb Bush (FL) or Rick Perry (TX)?
Jeb Bush definatly won't be on the ticket, in fact he gets enraged and hostile when its even mentioned now.
I can't see Allen picking Romney or Rice.
The reason I thought Watts was that him and Allen are close personal friends, and it can also help bring some kind of black votes (maybe a couple of points) and good publicity.
Allen and Watts, outside of politics seem to be pretty close and are very good friends and Watts has had success as a politician. Chemistry may be somewhat of a factor.
I don't see Allen picking anyone he doesn't know well or is farmiliar enough with on a personal level.
Allen is also making strong overtures towards social conservatives, so its almost a guarantee he won't pick someone who is pro-abortion.
What the...? A man from Texas provides balance and a man from Oklahoma does not???? And a fellow Senator from a next door state provides more balance than a guy from halfway across the country???
That don't add up...
Geographic balance is SOOO last century. Bush/Cheany had no regional balance, neither did Clinton/Gore.
Idelogical balance is far over-rated as well.
On the other hand, Watts brings a different sort of balance...youth for one, and race for another.
And don't dare say that race shouldn't matter if you are angling for such an insignificant factor as geography.