Calm down there Ugarte, my question is would Kerry have won if he had picked Gephardt as his VP? As silly as that sounds, ask yourself the following questions.
(1) What states that Bush lost would he have won if Dick rather than John had been VP (remember, Edwards did not even deliver N.C.)?
(2) Could Gephardt have delivered Missouri (probably) and Iowa (maybe)? And yes, those two would have been enough.
And Dick might have delivered more labor union support—I think I read Kerry did not do as well there as Dems usually do. Probably doesn’t make the difference in Ohio, but maybe.