Wow, you guys love to play Veepstakes! ^TM as much as I do! Here's the list, along with the number of mentions each person received in parentheses. Ties have been listed in alphabetical order. I will keep updating it throughout the day as more votes come in, but it looks like we've got just about everybody covered:

UPDATE: Okay, everyone with 5 or more mentions makes the following shortlist. I've dropped the rest below the fold.

VEEPSTAKES! ^TM SHORTLIST
Condoleezza Rice (32)
JC Watts (23)
Sarah Palin (20)
Michael Steele (18)
Colin Powell (17)
Mitt Romney (12)
Fred Thompson (12)
Charlie Crist (12)
Bobby Jindal (12)
Rudy Giuliani (10)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (10)
John Kasich (9)
Newt Gingrich (8)
John Thune (8)
Mike Huckabee (7)
Joe Lieberman (7)
Tom Ridge (7)

Haley Barbour (6)
Chris Cox (6)
Mark Sanford (6)
Marsha Blackburn (5)
Matt Blunt (5)
Mel Martinez* (5)
Tim Pawlenty (5)
Rick Santorum (5)
George Allen (4)
Lindsey Graham (4)
Rick Perry (4)
Rob Portman (4)
Ken Blackwell (3)
Michael Bloomberg (3)
Tom Coburn (3)
Bill Frist (3)
Frank Keating (3)
Linda Lingle (3)
John Boehner (2)
Richard Burr (2)
John Cornyn (2)
Phil Gramm (2)
George Pataki (2)
Mike Pence (2)
Marc Racicot (2)
Jodi Rell (2)
Paul Ryan (2)
Christie Todd Whitman (2)
Lamar Alexander (1)
Bill Bennett (1)
Henry Bonilla (1)
Sam Brownback (1)
Herman Cain (1)
John Chambers (1)
Saxby Chambliss (1)
Elaine Chao** (1)
Susan Collins (1)
Bob Corker (1)
Jim DeMint (1)
Mario Diaz-Balart (1)
Elizabeth Dole (1)
Carly Fiorina (1)
Chuck Hagel (1)
Jon Huntsman (1)
Jack Kemp (1)
Steve Largent (1)
Bill Owens (1)
Sonny Perdue (1)
David Petraeus (1)
Bob Riley (1)
Mike Rounds (1)
Joe Scarborough (1)
Olympia Snowe (1)
Tommy Thompson (1)

A couple of thoughts on the list: some names on list would obviously cause conservatives to commit hari kari: Graham, Martinez, Lieberman, Bloomberg, and Whitman, for example. (*UPDATE: Martinez was born in Cuba and thus ineligible). Others are probably too young and/or inexperienced to merit serious consideration: Jindal, Corker, Largent, and Ryan. Carly Fiorina (the former head of HP) and Herman Cain (former CEO of Godfather's Pizza) are two of the most out-of-the-box names on the list, but that also makes it hard to see them being a heart beat away from the Presidency.

Condoleezza Rice is so supremely talented I find it hard to believe conservatives wouldn't be thrilled to see her on the ticket, and she would obviously raise the bar of a "first" to a new level, though in the current political climate there is an obvious risk of taking someone from the current administration.

Colin Powell would also be a great choice: it would be an American hero ticket that would be extremely formidable in November.

Chris Cox also strikes me as a solid choice: conservative, Harvard educated, acute knowledge of the economy, and an 8-term member of Congress including a stint as Chairman of the Select Committee on U.S. National Security to boot. Very impressive stuff.

**Chao was born in Taiwan. Not eligible.