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John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush. -- Mark Shields
Mitt Romney has outdone himself in choosing Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate. -- David Limbaugh
In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future. -- Rudy Giuliani
Why couldn't Obama have picked somebody respectable as his running mate, you know, like John Kerry did? -- Ann Coulter
John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental. -- Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make to an already closely divided U.S. Supreme Court. -- Patricia Ireland
As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential running mate. And I find it continually appalling that it would be a radical thing to have a woman on the ticket. -- Kate Clinton
I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate. -- Harold Ford, Jr.
Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins. -- David Limbaugh
Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in 'Team of Rivals,' he could do the 16th president one better: He should name Hillary Clinton as his running mate in 2012. That would be both needed change and audacious. -- Douglas Wilder
Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right. -- Dee Dee Myers
I'd spent 25 years in government when I left the Defense Department back in '93, decided I'd go spend the rest of my career in the private sector, and then the president tapped me to come be his running mate. And it's been a remarkable experience. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. -- Dick Cheney
Sam Nunn might bring us Georgia and maybe even another Southern state but, in my opinion, at an unacceptable cost to our principles and to the concept of change that has stirred millions to rise and work for Barack Obama. Sam Nunn would be a disaster as a running mate and a total anathema to millions of Americans. -- David Mixner
He's so fat, he can be his own running mate. -- Johnny Carson
McGovern couldn't carry the South if Rhett Butler were his running mate. -- Spiro T. Agnew
John McCain famously has been incredibly loyal to Sarah Palin ever since he picked her as his running mate. -- Rachel Maddow
John McCains choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palins ignorance of public affairs is monumental. -- Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Donald Trump told ABC news that if he had Oprah as a running mate, they could easily win. Although you know who'd definitely win? Oprah WITHOUT Donald Trump. -- Jimmy Fallon
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Kerry has already begun his search for a running mate. They say that because John Edwards still has $50 million in campaign money, Kerry might pick him. Pick him? Hey, for $50 million, Kerry will marry him. -- Jay Leno

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