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NEWS: How important is the VP candidate?

Professor Larry Jacobs, Walter Mondale, and other experts from the recent conference on the vice presidency are interviewed in this segment from KSTP-TV news.

Former vice president Walter Mondale was one of the experts on the panel. Many, including Mondale himself, say that the role of the vice president changed dramatically when he served as second in command to Jimmy Carter.

"Carter and I sat down and I said I am not interested in being a ceremonial vice president," Mondale told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS.

KSTP-TV
March 24, 2008

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