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I mean, I know who it's going

0:02

to be. Give us a hint. I'll give

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you. We'll do another show sometime. That's Donald

0:06

Trump dropping hints about his running mate to

0:08

Fox News back in January. The

0:10

former president has been dropping hints

0:13

for months. Vice presidential candidates are

0:15

usually chosen to shake up the

0:17

race or give the nominee a

0:19

strategic advantage. NPR senior correspondent and

0:21

editor Ron Elving would tell you

0:24

a VP pick does not have

0:26

to be a superstar or a

0:28

political genius. Ideally, the goal

0:30

is to find someone who helps you

0:32

actually win the presidency. But

0:34

as a practical matter, probably the goal

0:37

is to first do no harm. Do

0:39

no harm. Nevertheless, some

0:42

candidates have made bold choices

0:44

in an effort to court

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specific voters like women. My

0:48

fellow citizens, I

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proudly accept your

0:55

nomination for Vice President of

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the United States. Geraldine

1:00

Ferraro made history as the first

1:02

woman to be nominated to a

1:04

major party ticket by Democratic presidential

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nominee Walter Mondale back in his

1:08

1984 run against Ronald Reagan. Here

1:13

again, Ron Elving. It actually appeared that

1:15

that might make a substantial

1:17

difference. Now, as it turned out, that was

1:19

a landslide election. Ronald Reagan won 49 states,

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but it wasn't Geraldine Ferraro's fault that

1:24

he won 49 states. So

1:27

that was absolutely revolutionary, but

1:29

did not necessarily have

1:32

its desired effect in the sense of winning the election.

1:34

Then, of course, we saw something similar

1:36

on the Republican side in 2008 when

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the nominee was

1:41

John McCain. And he surprised

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a lot of people by choosing my friends

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and fellow Americans. I

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am very pleased and

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very privileged to introduce to you the

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next vice president of the United

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States.