Question about VP selection (again)

I have asked a few times and haven't been able to get an answer yet (understandably with all the other stuff that was going on) but I'm hoping this time I can get a ruling.

I have refrained so far from selecting a VP.

The original schedule stated that VPs were to be selected after the primaries. Because the primary system at the time was different, I pledged to take the highest vote earner not to make it to the general election as my VP, regardless of party.

Since then there have been changes (because it seems like pretty much every candidate ignored the original schedule with respect to VPs), so I have a slightly different idea, and I have a question about whether or not it is acceptable.

I believe that because the job of the President and Vice President is to communicate and not to implement policy, that it is not necessary or even desireable for the President and Vice President to speak with one voice. I believe that the VP should be a voice of dissent, so that the membership is more inclusively represented by the executives.

I would like to do one of the following things:

1. Leave the Vice Presidency on my ticket vacant throughout the election with the understanding that the runner-up in the general election will be VP if I am elected.

2. Leave the Vice Presidency on my ticket vacant until after the primary election, and take the best candidate who does not make the general election (this is less important now that the original plan for a partisan primary has been done away with)


Would either of these be allowable?

I touched on this matter in this thread. In terms of choosing a VP the excise is a free for all play it by ear kind of thing.

Cheers xpert11.



[edit on 14-11-2007 by xpert11]

[edit on 14-11-2007 by xpert11]

reply to post by The Vagabond


I think the Vice President position can be filled at anytime, by anybody. Some may wish to select a VP on the basis of primary results, while others may want to "package" their campaign in advance. I see advantages and disadvantages to both... And there's nothing etched in stone... The VP part of the ticket is undeclared and can be changed.

I view it as one more part of the Campaign 2007 strategy.