People in Lakas and the camp of Batangas Gov. Vilma Santos Recto who have been selling since last year the idea of the former actress being the administration’s vice presidential bet for 2010 have found a very good reason to float the idea again.

Following Republican John McCain’s choice of a woman governor as his running mate for the November elections in the US, spin-meisters here have started comparing the popular Governor Vi to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. (The idea first made it to the front page of a broadsheet over the weekend).

The administration believes that a Palin-type VP bet can compensate for the pathetic survey performance of its prospective standard bearer.

A source close to the family said that the 54-year-old Star for All Seasons is seriously considering a run for the vice-presidency in 2010.

Another source in the Recto camp, however, said some think 2010 is too early, and that 2016 may be a better time for the governor after she makes a longer case for good local governance in Batangas.

Santos-Recto has several things in common with the 44-year-old Republican vice-presidential candidate, aside from being both women:

• They’re both “hot” governors.
• They both have “hot” husbands.
• They’re both first woman governors of their respective territories.
• They’ve both been on the cover of fashion magazines (see Palin’s nice Vogue cover photo).
• They both have “moral” issues: Palin has a pregnant teenage daughter and eloped to marry Todd; Santos was pregnant before she married her first “hot” husband, Edu Manzano (who is reportedly eyeing a Senate seat in 2010).

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