Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro
Reason for VP vetting: Avoiding buzz saw of scandal jeopardizing entire ticket like Eagleton 1972 (electro-shock treatments); Ferraro 1984 (dicey real-estate deals by her husband); 1988 Dan Quayle (how he got into the National Guard during Vietnam). Agnew, of course, worse. — PolitiTweet.org