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Jon Kyl: The Man Who Should be Romney’s Running Mate

By Troy Senik
Thursday, June 07 2012

There’s an axiom in American politics that gets trotted out every four years: that the most presidential decision a candidate for the nation’s highest office gets to make prior to taking the oath of office is his choice of a running mate. What a wonderful world it would be if that were the case. The truth is that the selection of a running mate – like most decisions made within the hothouse of a presidential campaign – is usually made for almost entirely tactical reasons. Ronald Reagan chose George H.W. Bush in an attempt to unify the conservative and moderate wings of…

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