Of the democracy project at the bipartisan policy center. This is a second thing of our day on the release of a report selecting a Vice President come advice for president ial candidates. A report of the bbcs working group. I have announced the members of the working group in the beginning and introduces them. We had some on the first panel. We have more here today with maria cino and Manny Rouvelas and Benjamin Ginsberg but we are joined by one of the countrys leading expert on the vice presidency. Professor of law at st. Louis university and the author of several books and many articles but also the author of the book that is just come out come the most recent off the press, the white house life presidency, the path to significance, mondale to biden. I recommend this book. It is worse or outside. The are many, many virtue purchf this book about the vice presidency itself, a history of the Selection Process. It might be the only book about the vice presidency that does not mention joh
The federal bureau of investigation provided the same checkin i was one partys vetting process. Some campaigns wouldnt be comp triple being given a choice that was offered to them so you have a process to do a completely new and you dont know whether the course of the process issues will develop. I can think of an example a number of years ago where a medical issue arose. It required an adjustment in the process and so this is a responsibility and it cannot be rushed. We basically look at the possibility that the parties might find one or the other and that could happen for at least one the parties this year that the nomination procedure the nomination would be in doubt all the way to the convention and a they hurried lastminute process for selection of the nominee is a disaster given the recommendations we have made for components of the wellstructured process. Charlie do you want to weigh in on this too, the core process . The other thing out there of course this year might be an unu
Will not go in. The cost as we all know to the other branch is the cost being paid in the past. There has been a vacancy that should be awarded in the interest of justice. Its been a wonderful discussion and i think of 70 clips about the Vice President. One that comes to mind is thomas marshall, Vice President the Woodrow Wilson two Woodrow Wilson told the story of two brothers. 112 one went to sea and one became Vice President and neither were heard from again. [laughter] thank you both. Also trying to chronologically think about what was medicine encountering at the time and keeping those two americas straight was quite tricky for a while. On q a, Boston College Law School Professor discusses her book, madisons hand, which takes a critical look at the notes madison wrote during and after the convention of 1787. He took those sheets of paper and folded those in half right across in the middle and on two pages on the backside. At some point, little piece of paper together into a manusc
[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