[COBOL2Java]

In the past, I thought that most VP picks were at least in agreement with the top of the ticket on major issues. Maybe that was just the wrong perception on my part.

You mean like Kennedy and Johnson?

[conservativejoy]

I was too young at the time to really understand what policies Kennedy and Johnson supported. By the time Johnson was elected, I had formed an opinion of him that he was a rattlesnake. I based that on his escalation of the Vietnam War and his Great Society programs, not to mention his likely involvement in JFK’s death.

JFK was a mess in his personal life, but did not seem as far to the left on Vietnam. Bobby was better than either of them in a lot of ways.

I think Reagan and Bush agreed on the bigger issues, as did Carter and Mondale before them. I also think Obama and Biden are simpatico.