I was wrong about Dick Cheney...

I was wrong about Dick Cheney...
- April 26, 2012
- Research by Bernard Grofman, political science professor and Center for the Study of Democracy director, and Reuben Kline, political science Ph.D. alumnus, is featured in the Wall Street Journal April 26, 2012
From the WSJ:
Sometimes the vice-presidential decision results from the campaign's flow. In 2008,
John McCain's camp felt that while they were ahead after a better-than-expected summer,
they needed to shake things up with an out-of-the-box pick. This thinking produced
Sarah Palin.... But such political decisions run into one hard reality: Running mates
haven't decided an election in more than a half-century. For example, research by
Bernard Grofman and Reuben Kline, political scientists at the University of California,
Irvine, suggests that the net impact of the vice-presidential picks in 2008 was roughly
one-half of one point and is generally less than one percentage point. Presidential
elections are rarely that close.
For the full story, please visit http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230481130457736587048419336....
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