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no_hypocrisy

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2. Something similar happened before the primary system.

Reply to LOL Lib (Original post)

Sat Feb 25, 2017, 04:59 PM

Feb 2017

Party bosses in smoked-filled rooms would choose the candidates to run. That's how a haberdasher like Harry S. Truman ended up as the last VP of FDR: the bosses wanted him.

The primary system adopted democracy to choose the President, but not the vice president, taking the choice away from the voters.

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I have a really dumb question [View all] LOL Lib Feb 2017 OP

I would think that they would have to work together. It may not be a good fit. AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #1

Thanks! LOL Lib Feb 2017 #3

Something similar happened before the primary system. no_hypocrisy Feb 2017 #2

So... LOL Lib Feb 2017 #5

Many considerations go into that decision. Ilsa Feb 2017 #4

Good point! LOL Lib Feb 2017 #6

Only happened once recently, Reagan picked Bush.... 4139 Feb 2017 #7

Thanks for the reply. LOL Lib Feb 2017 #8