The former governor of Vermont (population 610,000) is doing more to shape the Democratic primary than either John Kerry, a senator from Massachusetts (population 6.4m), or Joe Lieberman, who as Al Gore's running mate picked up 51m votes in 2000.To understand why this is happening you need to understand the state of mind of hard-core Democrats.
"The older generation voting to leave the EU is the same as your mate picking the film then leaving 20 minutes in," one teenager joked on Facebook.
Mr. Obama was flying, literally, into a controversy in Mansfield that Republicans, led by Senator Rob Portman of Ohio, a potential running-mate pick for Mr. Romney, aggressively fanned.
(Fortunately for me, as well: I picked Kelly Ayotte to be Mitt's running-mate pick. Yikes!).
Smith and his team-mates picked up the first British men's team medal in a century, four years after he won pommel horse bronze at the Beijing Games.
Both Clinton and Tim Kaine, Clinton's running mate and pick for Vice President, have supported the TPP in the past.
"When one of my team-mates told me about being picked in the Test team, I was fielding [for Saurashtra] in the last Ranji Trophy game," said Jadeja after the first day's play.
In 2012 GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney and running mate Paul Ryan picked their joint campaign starting point and their audience just as deliberately as Reagan did.
As the 2016 presumptive nominees for president get ready to select their running mates, the five best and worst vice-presidential picks in U.S. history offer valuable lessons.
Christopher J. Christie, the Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey, picked a running mate in his own image on Monday, choosing another former prosecutor with a hard-charging reputation both in pursuing corruption cases and in advancing her political career.
