Mr. Untermeyer recalled that as these men and others sat around a table on the back porch, President Bush asked in a lighthearted manner who they thought should be his son's vice-presidential pick.

Awaiting Mr. Kerry's vice-presidential pick, she showed not a trace of anxiety, said her brother, Jay Anania, a filmmaker in Manhattan.

Before the Bushes mess up any more vice-presidential picks, for Jeb or George P., they might want to stop checking their gut and start checking the voting record.

But I think the calculation for the vice-presidential pick has to be different.

I can't see him as anything better than somebody's vice-presidential pick.

Discussing her vice-presidential pick for 2012?

From Long Island, Mr. Gore heads to Nashville on Sunday afternoon to prepare for the announcement of his vice-presidential pick on Tuesday.

Mr. Bush said of his vice-presidential pick.

After Gramm dropped out, McCain endorsed eventual nominee Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, and was again on the short list of possible vice-presidential picks.

He said he expected that his vice-presidential pick would "play a big role in the future of this country".