John J. Miller on Vice Presidency on National Review Online

John J. Miller on Vice Presidency on National Review Online: "First, an essential ground rule: Under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1967, a new vice president would have to be confirmed not just by a majority of senators but also by a majority in the House. When Spiro Agnew resigned the vice presidency in 1973, Gerald Ford met this condition. So did Nelson Rockefeller, after President Nixon quit and Ford became commander-in-chief in 1974. The procedure lends a very particular kind of political dimension to the choice, and it may have the effect of encouraging an inside-the-Beltway selection, as opposed to a relatively unknown governor (even though the example of Rockefeller, who was governor of New York from 1959 to 1973, may suggest otherwise)."