Vice President

The Vice President List

Nation & World - June 27, 2008

These people are likely on the short list for McCain and Obama. more >>

McCain Vice President Choice is His Toughest Decision Yet

By Liz Halloran - Nation & World - June 27, 2008

McCain needs to excite the dispirited party with his choice for the bottom of the ticket. more >>

Why Vice Presidents Are Important to Governing

By Michael Barone - Michael Barone - June 27, 2008

McCain and Obama are choosing a person that will be an important officer of government. more >>

How McCain and Obama Should Choose Their Vice Presidents

By Michael Barone - Michael Barone - June 6, 2008

Some argue our system for choosing a vice president is bad, but at least now multiple people are involved in the decision. more >>

Vice President Ford: "Why I Will Not Run in '76": An Exclusive Interview

Nation & World - May 16, 2008

What role will Gerald Ford play? more >>

Source: Huckabee Tops McCain's Veep List

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - May 12, 2008

The former Arkansas governor would be a controversial pick for vice presidential nominee. more >>

Washington Whispers: McCain-Rice Ticket

By Paul Bedard - Nation & World - May 1, 2008

Groups pushing Rice for president have shifted to making her vice president. more >>

Having already wrapped up the Republican nomination, John McCain has been touring the country touting his biography and reintroducing himself to the American public. He's also busy compiling a list of names for a running mate, he told radio host Don Imus today. more >>

McCain Is Urged to Choose Female VP

News Desk - March 6, 2008

John McCain may soon find himself under pressure to pick a woman as his running mate. more >>

Veep Choice Key for McCain

By John Mashek - A Capital View - March 3, 2008

At his age and with his history, the No. 2 spot is more critical. more >>

If Cheney Were in the Race...

By John Mashek - A Capital View - October 18, 2007

There are plenty of reasons the vice president wouldn't do well with the voters. more >>

How We Pick Vice Presidents

Michael Barone - June 29, 2007

Gerard Baker in the Times of London makes a point that I have made myself on occasion: The way we pick vice presidents is crazy. We spend lots of time and money and psychic energy on picking our presidents, with millions of people in one way or the other involved. more >>

Cheney Never Saw Veep Job Coming

Washington Whispers - June 10, 2007

Vice President Dick Cheney went back home this month and revealed what hooked him on public service. "Boys State triggered something," he says of the American Legion's youth government education group. more >>

Thursday Roundup

Michael Barone - March 30, 2007

George Will has weighed in on the bill to give the District of Columbia voting representation in the House. He's against it, for the sound constitutional reason that Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution provides that the House should be made up of representatives "of the several states," and the District is not a state. more >>