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 ** LBJ is the closest thing to this in recent history, as it was well-known that he wanted the top job himself. Along with the ticket-balancing issue and his Washington connections (which were a bit more extensive than Kennedy's), he was the perfect VP candidate. [[Be Careful What You Wish For|His actual presidency]] makes this situation either [[Hilarious in Hindsight|hilarious]] or [[Harsher in Hindsight|more gut-wrenching]].
 ** Bush Sr. may have been this as well, as he competed with Reagan in the Republican primaries of 1980. His victory over Reagan in the Iowa primary actually forced Reagan to replace his campaign manager and reorganize his staff.
-** Joe Biden might also have been picked for this reason, as despite his serious case of [[Open Mouth Insert Foot|foot-in-mouth]] [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|disease]], he had run two (kind of half-hearted) campaigns for President (in 1988 and 2008) and was seen as something of an elder statesman in the Democratic Party.
+** Joe Biden might also have been picked for this reason, as despite his serious case of [[Open Mouth, Insert Foot|foot-in-mouth]] [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?|disease]], he had run two (kind of half-hearted) campaigns for President (in 1988 and 2008) and was seen as something of an elder statesman in the Democratic Party.
 ** There is some speculation that Mitt Romney may do this with [[Ron Paul]] to prevent a third-party or independent run from Paul.