Human Events suggests that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is open to being John McCain’s running mate, even though he didn’t endorse the Arizona senator in the state’s all-important primary earlier this year. In talking to prominent Christian Right activists across the country, God-o-Meter has been struck that Sanford appears to have more support as a McCain veep than does Mike Huckabee, with many conservatives viewing Huck as too liberal on the economy, immigration, the environment, and other issues. Sanford, by contrast, is considered a more all around ideological conservative.

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