In the age of identity politics, the old-school method of picking a vice president — that guy is popular in Ohio, I need to win Ohio, ergo that guy will be my running mate — seems antiquated. In the age of Donald Trump, it seems downright Mesozoic.

Trump will go big and bold in choosing a vice presidential candidate, and here’s what factors he’ll consider.

Over last few weeks, several news outlets have run articles saying that Ben Carson “accidentally” leaked Trump’s VP shortlist, and it included the names John Kasich, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Sarah Palin, and Chris Christie.

The list seems a bit run-of-the-mill for a man who likes to stomp on the tundra. And they’re all a bunch of has-beens, all but Palin vanquished by Trump in the primaries. Besides, his relationships with Kasich, Cruz, and Rubio got a little too ugly for anyone to buy into the unity of the ticket.

You can’t spend months referring to a guy as “Lyin’ Ted” and then convince anyone you think he’s a great choice for VP.  Palin’s a risky choice because the country’s already seen her run for VP, and it didn’t end well. And Christie is too Trump-Lite to sway any new independents.

Trump will likely go bigger and bolder than the names on this list, and here’s a few dimensions he will consider:

Glass-Ceiling Politics
Everyone loves to see a glass ceiling shatter, and right now Hillary Clinton’s campaign has a monopoly on the promise of shattering that ceiling — and a big one. Some 240 years after the Declaration of Independence, nearly 100 years after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the first female president could be afoot. The mainstream media will doubtlessly make a daily point of reminding us that a Clinton victory will be historic, while a Trump victory will be a celebrity-exodus-causing tragedy of Titanic-meets-iceberg proportions.

Choosing a running mate is Trump’s opportunity to hone in on the history making. Only white males have ever served as VP, so there are several qualified people who can guarantee a forecast of glass rain no matter who wins in November:

Gov. Bobby Jindal, Lt. Col. Allen West, Sen. Tim Scott, Sen. Joni Ernst, Gov. Nikki Haley, Rep. Mia Love, Gov. Jan Brewer, Gov. Susana Martinez, Carson, Rubio, and Palin would all pump up the ticket’s mojo.

Foreign Policy
The mainstream media is obsessed with the phrase “finger on the button.” They like to conjure up in the mind of Americans that there’s a button Trump might press to end the world. There is, of course, no such button, but they like the imagery of it. Too bad there’s no metaphorical button that drains everyone’s wallet. Then, media types could ask if Americans feel comfortable with a Democrat’s finger on that button.

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But, since the media has decided on a permanent narrative that Trump lacks the temperament to be trusted with foreign policy — cooperating with Hillary, who’s making that a mantra — he will consider a VP who has enough foreign policy clout to calm such fears. Here are three candidates who might suffice: Lt. Col. Allen West, Rep. Martha McSally, and Sen. Joni Ernst. All veterans, all of sound and competent mind.

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 A Women’s Champion
In the first GOP debate way back in 2015, Megyn Kelly called Trump out on his rhetoric toward women, and that concern has not disappeared. Hillary has already attacked Trump on the issue several times, and she isn’t going to let up anytime soon.

Of course, every Republican nominee faces accusations of phantom gender bias, but Trump will be hit harder with the accusation than any of his predecessors for two big reasons:

1.) He’s likely to be running against Clinton, who considers herself the greatest champion of American women (even though she was repeatedly cuckolded by a philandering husband).

2.) Scroll through his Twitter and you’ll see fodder for the mainstream media.

A female defender on the campaign trail with Trump will be able to parry Clinton’s attacks better than Trump can and better than any male VP candidate will be able to.

Since Mitt Romney probably isn’t willing to lend Trump his binders full of women, here’s a list of women who would be excellent choices, who’ve also been mentioned above: Ernst, Haley, Love, Brewer, Martinez, McSally, and a sleeper, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Trump Branding
You think running for president is much different than what the Kardashians do? Think again. Genius branding is how Trump created his empire. It’s where his greatest talents lie. And for branding purposes, nobody out there beats Mia Love. With the media, the Clinton campaign, the Democratic Party, and even part of the GOP accusing Trump of hating this group of people or that group of people in every single news cycle, you can’t beat the branding of every single bumper sticker, button, and billboard reading “Trump/Love.”

Eddie Zipperer is an assistant professor of political science at Georgia Military College and a regular contributor to The Hill.