Ah, yes, it’s the election moment you’ve all been waiting for — the “Veepstakes.”
Every four years, seldom fruitful, often mindless Beltway chatter breathlessly telegraphs this Washington dating game in which candidates for president select a running mate. Dream candidates, short lists, denials, non-denials, re-denials, hey-look-at-me-denials all accumulate until that one magic moment where two candidates meet their match.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=99487