Warner Todd Huston was the author of the article.
Thomas Eagleton was picked to run as v.p. only to find out he had had electro shock therapy to help cure depression. He was dumped from the Mondale ticket the next day after it was discovered.
Hard to find a worse v.p. candidate than that.
Ah, I see what you mean. In other words you didn’t actually read the linked article because the thing is ABOUT Thomas Eagleton!