for the dems to gain the Whitehouse, one will be potus and the other the veep .. doesn't matter which is which
that gives them the majority of the women, the majority of the black, the majority of the immigrant/Hispanic and all of the homo vote .. added together, that will be enough to beat McCain or Mitt
if they do, let's hope they don't irreversibly screw up the country in the next four years .. I'm not so sure they won't