This article really piqued by curiosity and got me thinking about something that – amazingly – remains unquestioned by the majority of Americans, that being how undemocratic the selection of a presidential running mate is at its core.
The selection of a vice-presidential nominee is potentially the most important un-democratic election in the world, though Vladimir Putin might disagree. There is only one voter in each party — and he certainly does not answer pesky questions from pollsters. The entire closed-doors decision-making process would be familiar to members of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. And the amazing thing about this traditional exercise of the divine right of presidential nominees is that nobody in America objects.
