Contested Convention Would Complicate Veepstakes

National Journal: “For all the many com­plic­a­tions a con­tested con­ven­tion could cause for the Re­pub­lic­an Party, it would cre­ate a very spe­cif­ic quandary for the pres­id­en­tial can­did­ates—how to pick a run­ning mate. If Don­ald Trump, Ted Cruz, or John Kasich se­lect a vice pres­id­ent be­fore the GOP gath­ers in Clev­e­land, they lose the abil­ity to use the post as a bar­gain­ing chip to se­cure the nom­in­a­tion. But if they wait un­til the con­ven­tion is un­der­way, they risk mak­ing a hasty—and po­ten­tially un­vet­ted—pick.”