[jennyp]

Hmmm... But the tickets where both candidates had 4-letter names all lost!

[southernnorthcarolina]

Ouch. That's undeniable. But in both cases, they were massive underdogs prior to the nominating conventions, anyway.

So maybe short names are no guarantee of success; after all, we've had two Presidents named Roosevelt, and one named Eisenhower.

[VOA]

But the tickets where both candidates had 4-letter names all lost!

Easily fixed:

2004: BUSH/(Fill in my last name, which has five letters...after Condi and
I take the plunge).

Come on...it's a joke...

OK, a MUCH more realistic fix:

2004: Bush/CONDI!