Who Will Be McCain's Vice Presidential Candidate?

Sen. John McCain may be in the early stages of picking a running mate, but that doesn't stop the press from speculating. Today in Washington Whispers, Paul Bedard asks you to pick the best running mate for McCain, and yesterday, our own James Pethokoukis reported that Huckabee tops the list of potential veeps. But there are still other candidates to consider and we're letting you in on some little known facts about each one. Our latest addition is 10 Things You Didn't Know About Rob Portman.

Here are names we've identified in media reports and links to 10 things you didn't know about them (we'll update the list as we hear of more):

• Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour
• North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr
• Florida Gov. Charlie Crist
• Former Arkansas Gov. and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee
• Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.
• Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
• Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty
• Former Ohio Rep. and former Director of the Office of Management and Budget Rob Portman
• Former Secretary of State Colin Powell
• Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
• Former Massachusetts Gov. and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney
• Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan
• South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford
• FedEx CEO Frederick Smith
• GOPAC Chair Michael Steele