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The vice presidential candidate does not usually make much difference at the polls. But that may be changing as voters become more aware that the understudy must be ready to take over if needed.

A lot of factors go into choosing a vice-presidential nominee.

Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally.

Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

People don't vote for vice president, they vote for president.

Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their bosses.

Vice presidents are at times tasked with issuing direct broadsides against enemies while the top guy stays above the fray. But never before has a vice president served as an attack dog against his own party's voters.

Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby.

On the national security front, Rick Santorum is superior to any candidate I know.