Saturday August 23, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

Today the Democrats announce their candidate for vice president.

No one ever votes for a President because of the Vice President on the ticket.
I cannot stress that point often enough.
Only the party really cares about a VP.
And at this post-primary stage no candidate cares that much about a single state to choose a running mate based on geography.

What is important now is that the Democrats will get a bump in the polls when the vice presidential choice is announced.
And the Democrats will get a bump in the pools from their convention.

The Democrats are hoping to extend that bump by announcing the VP just before their convention.
It might backfire.
As it is conventions are generally tedious and except for that one or two exciting moments, which will be re-run again and again, they are more of a turn off than a draw.

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