It's a topic of debate every presidential election who to
choose as your running mate?
But what is the strategy and impact of choosing your
VP?
Here is what we know now.
What makes a good running mate?
You know a good running mate is somebody who doesn't
create problems you don't already have.
And there are some running mates who of course have
done that.
You have to be Dan Quayle,
for instance, picked by George HW Bush,
who immediately was enmeshed in controversies of various sorts.
So I think the first rule of a good vice
president is do no harm.
Can the choice affect voters,
the choice of a running mate?
It can be important, but it usually does not actually
determine who voters vote for.
They almost always focused on the top of the ticket,
not on who's number two,
What is the timeline for the process?
This is a decision that most presidential nominees hold until
the convention,
and that's partly because. They want a little bit of
suspense left,
even though they have the presidential nomination themselves.
In hand.