Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson and Gerald Ford
They only mattered WHEN they became president . So you’re looking for a great vice - Presidents now in the hopes he will be president in 20012 ? Don’t bother .
I hope you’re not comparing ANY Republican candidate we have out there to the likes of Theodore Roosevelt or Harry Truman ?
Because of McCain's age and health issues, the selection of the VP is of paramount importance. There is more than an even chance they will become President before the end of the term.
"So you’re looking for a great vice - Presidents now in the hopes he will be president in 20012 ? Don’t bother."
I don't know about 18,004 years from now. ;-) But to say we shouldn't bother looking for a great VP, that's just crazy. The VP should be of a quality that he (or she) can easily step into the Presidency in case of the incumbent's death or incapacity. I don't know about you, but having Cheney as VP has been reassuring. He is BETTER and more experienced than the incumbent. I'm sorry he's not the one running this year.
"I hope you’re not comparing ANY Republican candidate we have out there to the likes of Theodore Roosevelt or Harry Truman ?"
I'm not a big fan of either of those two. TR was a divisive, liberal, and egotistical force in our party that resulted in the election of Woodrow Wilson, one of the worst Presidents in US history. As for Truman, who wasn't a Republican, his finest hour came with the ending of WW2, but otherwise, domestically, he was mediocre and his 2nd (full) term was a fiasco (nevermind he did little about the infestation of Communists in the federal government -- his own Ag Sec and predecessor as VP was one). I'd say Fred Thompson has the potential to be one of the best Vice-Presidents in the past many decades (though Cheney currently has that title).