The presidential nominee was advised to choose a woman as a running mate.

有人建议总统候选人找一位女性竞选伙伴。

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Powell also says he questions McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate and the direction the Republican Party is taking.

鲍威尔还对麦凯恩选莎拉佩林做竞选伙伴以及共和党的竞选方向提出质疑。

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By choosing Sarah Palin as his running-mate he made a cynical tryst with a party base that he has never much liked and that has never much liked him.

通过选择萨拉佩琳作为竞选伙伴，麦凯恩与原来那些他不怎么喜欢并且也不怎么喜欢他的共和党基础人士达成了妥协。

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In 2008, Florida's Republican governor, Charlie Crist,was so popular that some Republicans touted him as a possible vice presidential running mate for presidential nominee John McCain.

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Kennedy, from Massachusetts, picked Lyndon Johnson of Texas as a running mate to win southern votes.

CNN: Romney, make a boring pick for VP

That the President told someone he believes Mitt Romney wants to pick General Petraeus as a running mate.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

He lost, but was chosen as a running mate by Ronald Reagan.

WHITEHOUSE: George H. W. Bush