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With Mitt Romney now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, the chatter has increasingly turned to the man or woman the former Massachusetts governor will tap to run alongside him during the general election.

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"No athlete wants to get dropped from a team but I'm a big girl and I can take it"

As the debate over who presumptive nominee Mitt Romney should pick as his running-mate gets into full swing, a question also remains about how valuable the selection really is. Read about the top VP contenders for 2012.

How important a bottom-of-the-ticket nominee is may be overstated. Typically, pundits ask what state or demographic a nominee might bring, as well as what experience void the individual may fill. Both Sarah Palin and Geraldine Ferarro failed to carry their lackluster presidential nominees very far. In 2004, John Edwards was supposed to be the young, attractive, allegedly Kennedy-esque candidate to put John Kerry over the top. That didn't work out so well either.

Yet the list of past vice-presidents reads like an all-star induction into the boring hall of fame: Dick Cheney, Al Gore, and Joe Biden have held the spot for nearly 20 years. So while many are hoping for an exciting or out-of-the-box kind of pick, historically those have not worked out so well.

A recent poll finds former Bush Secretary of State Condi Rice tops a poll of Republican voters with 26%, followed closely by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at 21%, while Marco Rubio and Rick Santorum are chosen by 14% of Republican voters.

Read about the top VP contenders for 2012.

How much is a VP Pick Worth? originally appeared on About.com Conservative Politics: U.S. on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 at 08:14:42.

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