A friend of mine who met both JFK and MLK, flew recon missions during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and witnessed the tumultuous 1968 DNC convention in Chicago, suggested that POTUS candidate Kamala Harris ask Liz Cheney (R) to be her running mate in a fusion ticket to defeat #45. I neither agreed nor disagreed with him, since I think a loyal Democrat should get the VP nod, but he was certainly thinking outside the box in this horrific GOP-led war on women/war on minorities era. And as pointed out above, Nikki Haley supporters have just joined the anti-TCF coalition.

REDIAL: Unfortunately, I think that you are correct.

Theory: Centuries of white patriarchal rule in the US have subliminally conditioned us. For example, the US D/FBI has always been a white male (and no Democrat has ever been D/FBI), but nothing in the US Constitution mandates that. We sort of expect Christopher Wray's successor as D/FBI to be a white male from Yale or Harvard, not NYS AG Letitia James.

On the other hand, the UK had 3 female PMs (Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May, and Liz Truss). I contend that's because over time they have been accustomed to female rulers (e.g. Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria), something we are not accustomed to in the US.

Recall the barbaric GOP vitriol against Hilary Clinton?

This is just a working theory, that's all.

Source:

REDIAL: Concur with all, one glass ceiling at a time is correct. The VPOTUS candidate must be dynamic and have name recognition. I can not believe that with all of the wars we have endured over the past 23 years, we don't have an honorable, experienced general to nominate as VPOTUS candidate. Eisenhower was the last general to become POTUS. I argue that the US will need somebody who can stand up to the bullies (#45, Putin, Netanyahu) and someone who won't blunder America into another wasteful war.

And besides geography (e.g. JFK/LBJ, Lincoln/Johnson) are we looking for a young candidate like Pete B. or an elder statesman type? The Pentagon gave us a handful of generals that are not crackpots over the past few years who would now be in their mid-sixties. The amicus brief to SCOTUS was signed by many retired flag officers.

And would Gavin Newsom or Adam Schiff be amenable to running? They are competent, experienced, and have name recognition.

When Bill Clinton selected Al Gore as his running mate in 1992, wasn't that a break in tradition by having two candidates from the same geographic area as running mates?

Thank you, REDIAL.

There is nothing un-Constitutional about it though, according to link below:

OK, we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Maybe nick his other ear while shaving to balance the look. Remarkable his --------- didn't fly off when the shooter took a plug at him. May be while he was on the floor behind the dais #45 was fixing it.

"Oh, my hair! My hair!"