To: The Pack Knight
Yes you are correct but I’m often wrong so I’ll stand by my prediction. It is what Reagan did. Even in 1976, the ONLY man who ever picked a VP before getting the nomination (which he didn’t get anyway). Does anyone remember who that was?
Clue #1 He was a Senator
Clue #2 He was from Pennsylvania
Clue #3 He was a Liberal
69 posted on
02/12/2011 11:42:12 AM PST by
ynotjjr
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To: ynotjjr
Yes, Richard Schweiker. It cost Reagan the support of Jesse Helms and, thus, any chance of taking the nomination at the convention.
And I'll say that it certainly isn't impossible that the eventually VP nominee could be the Presidential candidate who comes in second. It's just hard in the modern age to pick a running mate and extol that person's virtues and qualifications as a Vice President and potential President when you've just finished spending a year savaging that same person in the media.
Besides, with the deep pool of potential VP candidates out there, there doesn't seem to be much reason to pick a losing primary candidate.
70 posted on
02/12/2011 12:29:53 PM PST by
The Pack Knight
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