-
Although he died in 2007, former Missouri Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton is a reminder to Romney to pick his running mate carefully.
In 1972, Sen. Eagleton was tapped to be George McGovern’s running mate in his race against President Nixon. At the time, McGovern didn’t know anything of Eagleton’s medical history: He had been hospitalized for nervous exhaustion on three prior occasions, and twice received electroshock therapy.
Eagleton stepped down just six days after his treatments became public, 18 days after being selected as the vice-presidential nominee.
About The 12
The 12 is a group Tumblr of The Washington Post and student journalists in 12 battleground states documenting the 2012 presidential election and capturing perspectives of young voters.
Submit your ideas
Do you have interesting news, notes, quotes, campaign materials or multimedia that we should feature? Do you have something to report about young voters?
Contributors to The 12
amzam
ngjennings
ryankellett
slcarothers
washingtonpostpolitics
alison-noon
cpozernick
haleykmetz
jakepdeschuiteneer
lagore2012
mechellehankerson
news-junkie
rileyjsnyder
sarahglen
tessafox
thatgoeshere
thejadedouso
themizzou12
tylerborchers
ymgonzal
zachtilly
