At the MassPoliticsProfs blog, Peter Ubertaccio suggests Massachusetts may have come up with the key to avoiding vice-presidential catastrophes of the Sarah Palin in 2012 variety.
Early in the 2012 cycle, Ed Rogers in the Washington Post made a good case for putting a presidential/vice-presidential team together before the primaries begin. The suggestion never received serious consideration. And that’s too bad.
Massachusetts has been doing this for decades, at least on the Republican side.
Bill Weld started the tradition when he was a long shot candidate for the GOP nomination. In September of 1989, State Senator Paul Cellucci announced that he was running as Weld’s ticket mate before the 1990 pre primary convention. Weld eventually beat Steven Pierce in the post Convention primary and Cellucci beat back a challenge from Peter Torkildsen.
Every GOP ticket since has followed Weld’s lead.
