Stop moaning about replacing them. This is happening.
There were good reasons that the presidents who flirted briefly with shaking things up in this fashion ultimately decided against it. For one thing, the choice of vice president has almost no bearing whatsoever on the election outcome, as political scientistsagain and again, and each time there’s a new veepstakes. Running mates are usually chosen for strategic reasons, to placate a specific constituency or to assuage concerns about the head of the ticket.
This is how we ended up with Biden as Obama’s running mate: An older, more experienced white man could fend off worries that Obama’s meager two years in the Senate and unusual background might prove to be a problem in the general election.
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