Campaign 2008

The VP search is on

As presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain work toward finding the right running mates, Midday explores the office of the vice presidency and what qualities the candidates might want to see in a potential political partner.

Guests

• Paul Light: Executive branch and VP expert, former Humphrey Institute Professor and author of "A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It."

More from MPR

• News Cut: The vice presidential two-step
  June 9, 2008
• Pawlenty says he is open to being McCain's running mate
  June 8, 2008
• Vice President Dick Cheney live from the National Press Club
  June 2, 2008
• Mondale's analysis of the presidential campaign
  May 22, 2008
• The making of the vice president
  March 24, 2008

Resources

• About Paul Light