Determine Quote by Tom Brokaw

A lot of factors go into choosing a vice-presidential nominee.

— Marco Rubio

The convention is the voice, the bone and the sinews of a political party-and sometimes it even nominates an Abraham Lincoln.

— Fletcher Knebel

The top two goals of every presidential nominating convention are to unify the party and to define the candidate for the grueling weeks ahead.

— Michael Caputo

Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after…

— Michael Beschloss

Conventions are, by nature, a party. I mean, that's why people become delegates. They come from all over the world to exercise their democratic…

— Rob Lowe

There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is…

— Mark McKinnon

In creating superdelegates, the Democratic Party recognized the expertise that its top holders of public office have gained by running for office themselves. They…

— Jim Hunt

It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents.

— George W. Bush

In the early days of the republic, the secretary of state was the heir apparent to the president. Presidents could easily hand-pick their party's…

— H. W. Brands

The point is that you see candidates running in these different kinds of contests. A primary shows you something that's different from a state…

— Michael Beschloss

Let me just say the rules are what they are in the Republican Party. You have to have X-number of delegates in order to…

— Marco Rubio

The initial attraction of a political convention was that often the outcome was not preordained. There was at least some element of surprise. But,…

— Mark McKinnon