I don't know how many people run for vice president and president and lose both.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally.
In the last 100 years only Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford lost their bids for reelection. President Lyndon Johnson did not run for a second term.
A lot of factors go into choosing a vice-presidential nominee.
It's rare when a president wins the campaign without winning independents.
Ah, political physics. Someone wins an election and, poof, they are a candidate for vice president. Ridiculous.
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.
Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.
The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance that he would resign first, then take his chances on trial, conviction, and jail.
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.