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The choice of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to give the GOP address after President Obama’s final State of the Union speech has had the media wondering if Gov. Haley could be the ideal vice presidential candidate for the Republican Party.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has a lot of qualities her party needs: She’s a rising star who is young, female and the daughter of Indian immigrants. That background could make her an ideal vice presidential candidate for a Republican Party that needs to diversify. She has recently been in the national spotlight in the aftermath of the Charleston church shooting.

The choice of Haley to give the GOP address after President Obama’s final State of the Union speech is her biggest tryout yet, said NPR.

Vandana Kumar is a publishing executive with a 36-year track record in the industry. She leads the India Currents Foundation as President and CEO. As a new immigrant, she co-founded India Currents magazine...