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Originally Posted by warrottjr
Hooking McCain up with Thompson is like painting stipes on a pig and calling it a zebra.
Seriously, there are some diverging policy issues between them and the voter has no indication of whose policies will prevail and who will have to do an about face.
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Of course they do. The only official power the Vice-President has is to break Senate ties.
The idea of a "balanced ticket" is spin to get people to vote for someone that they would otherwise not vote for. Nothing more. The Vice-President has only what influence the President allows.