09-30-2008, 08:04 AM
Quote:Maybe I'm wrong, but when this country was new, wasn't the Vice pres. the loser of the vote? i.e. If Obama wins, McCain would have been the VP? It was OK then, but not now?
Originally, the electors cast their votes for two people - the one who came in first was president, the one who came in second was VP. But at the time, there weren't really established opposing parties, as there are now.