In 2008 John McCain,
whose re-election bid is looking mighty shaky right now, chose a random, unvetted, woman as a running mate in the hopes that he would gain the votes of women who had voted for Hillary Clinton in the primaries. We all know how that worked out.
I've seen in posited elsewhere that the Cruz/Fiorina ticket is like hitching a dead horse to a broken wagon. Cruz has no hopes of becoming the nominee and his appointment of a "runnning mate" is both premature and inexpedient.
