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[RgrF]

deckeda wrote:
Most VPs are intentionally bland and/or an "opposite" of the main candidate in some way that of course never includes policy differences. You get all these candidates running for president and then who gets picked as VP? Some seemingly random senator, Governor, or has-been most have never heard of, intended to shore up some focus group weakness in the main draw.

When (or how often?) has a nominee picked a front-running opponent challenger as a running mate?

There haven't been many.
Kennedy picked Johnson
Reagan picked Bush I

Both led down roadways best not trod.
Johnson's nose ring was firmly tied to the Pentagon's wrongheaded Vietnam policy and without the Regan pick of Bush it's likely there never would have been a later Bush I presidency nor the disaster that followed with Bush II.