Fitting choices of nominees and convention sites by both parties, indeed.
Few of Mr. Romney's more likely nominees fit this description: of the 12 potential candidates that the betting market Intrade gives Republicans at least a 2 percent chance of picking as their vice president, only Rick Santorum has run a national campaign before.
Almost all nominees fit their states well.
And where does this year's roster of nominees fit in the grand scheme of things?
Indeed, many of these candidates have somehow invoked an image of purity, a sense that they were fighting a system that is corrupt to the core, and Mr. Nader, the consumer advocate and Green Party presidential nominee, fits firmly into this tradition.
If Mr. Trump's second board nominee fits the same profile — and the management-side lawyer said to be in line for the position, William J. Emanuel, appears to do so — they would almost certainly join with the board's current Republican member, Philip A. Miscimarra, to undo crucial portions of the board's legacy from the Obama era.
What nickname would fit Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump?
So where do the Democratic nominees really fit along the left-right spectrum?
None of this year's nominees quite fit that mold; the performer this season who comes closest is Douglas Hodge, in drag, playing the chanteuse Zaza and high-strung mother in "La Cage aux Folles".
There are not enough seats in the front of the Kodak's orchestra section to fit all of the nominees, which means that some will have to sit in the parterre, separated from the main orchestra seats by a wide aisle.
In 2016, the Democratic nominee will fit that definition.
