It appears that both candidates will be announcing their vice presidential choices very soon. Perhaps we could have a non-partisan discussion on the matter. It seems to me that it is anti-democratic and just wrong for presidential candidates to have the power to select–according to their whim, personal preference, or political ticket-balancing calculation–an individual to hold this important office.
The notion that the vice presidential office is worth less than a warm bucket of spit, as one holder of that office put it, and so doesn’t matter is just not true. The VP can very well ascend to the highest office in the land, and often has. At the very least, the VP is the chairman of the Senate, which is no mean responsibility. And very often, after the president fulfills his term, the VP becomes the leading candidate for the succession. The office is too important for it to be filled by personal appointment as chosen by one individual.
I think people should run for the office, or, at least, be chosen by the party convention.
Do I have a point?
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