Balancing the Ticket

I believe that balancing the ticket is a very useful and successful tactic used in elections. This allows the president to have a running mate that could make up for one of their weaknesses. In many cases this tactic has had a strong influence on the results of elections. In McCains situation this had backfired due to a poor choice of asking Sarah Palin to be his running mate, but Obama used this to his best advantage. His choice to run with Biden helped make up for his lack of experience. Also Biden is known for being very up front so he can be used to be more aggressive as Obama can remain more composed.