[applause] thank you ladies and gentlemen. Lets get right to it. From dr. A presentation larson that suggests your role as Vice President was a political expediency, that it was a prize that could be given away to earn political present politiacal credit for the president. We saw interesting proliferations in the Electoral College, where people were casting their ballots in a way where so many people would cost ballets, and an unexpected president ial candidate would emerge. They were undesignated orig inally. What do you make of that history . Is it a history you are comfortable with . Or do you find yourself dissenting from it . I thought it was right on. My wife has written a book on james madison. Impression that dr. Larson presented is very much in tune with my wifes interpretation. It was an afterthought. Sotly an effort to deal with many problems as they arose in the Electoral College. Fact that you have a couple prominent members of the , ittitutional convention hadnt been addr