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Originally Posted by NewHummerGuy
I know to some this theory of mine will seem awfully dumb. But my idea is this:
If you are a Republican running for President then your running mate for VP must be Democrat. And of course vice versa.
To me this would alleviate a lot of animosity between the members of Senate, Congress, and America as a whole. Is there a written law where the President and VP must be from the same party?????
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Not a dumb theory at all. The executive branch was originally made up of the President (who won the most electoral votes) and the Vice-President (the first runner-up from another party). But the concept was abandoned in 1800 after an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/..._President.htm