.SHORTLY AFTER revealing his run for the Autonomous nomination in 1960, John F. Kennedy stated: "I do not remember a single case where a vice-presidential candidate contributed an appointing vote." Still, the north-easterner picked Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, really hoping that the senator coming from Texas will assist him in southern states. Johnson tore all over the South in a learn nicknamed the LBJ Express, arriving at rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the pressures of "The Yellow Flower of Texas". After he won, Kennedy accepted that "we couldn't have brought the South without Johnson". That Johnson "provided the South" is actually right now obtained wisdom. However how much difference do vice-presidential picks really make in political elections?