Gaborn said:Schwarzenegger isn't eligible because the qualification to be vice president is identical to being president. It dates back to the early days, originally VPs were determined by who got the second most votes, thus the Federalist John Adams had the Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson as his VP, it... didn't work well, so they changed the system slightly to allow parties to run as a ticket, so electors (and citizens who vote for electors) vote for the President and the VP as a pair rather than taking the runner up automatically.
Yeah I pretty much knew all of this but thanks for clearing it up. Imagine if the system was the same as back in the old days. Gore the VP of Bush, and now McCain the VP of Obama or vice-versa. Would be quite strange. :lol