Trial heats with prospective veeps probably don't mean too much at this stage. But just for fun, check out SurveyUSA's horserace-with-various-veeps chart for swing-state Ohio (flagged by leftcoaster Steve Soto). The chart's list is a little too short -- OH Gov. Ted Stickland is not on it, maybe because he has sort of dissed the idea, albeit with a good sense of humor. But one former Dem candidate smokes the admittedly limited competition. NYT pundit David Brooks, on the other hand, would not be pleased by the performance of one of his GOP shortlisters, MN Gov. Tim Pawlenty.