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independents. you heard pawlenty just a few minutes ago saying it's really not about the running mate. but what do americans think? here is a poll asking how important is that running mate choice. about a quarter of the people said, you know, it matters a lot to me. almost half said, the choice matters somewhat. and you can see at the bottom about one in four people said it really doesn't matter who the running mate is. it matters who is at the top of the ticket, not the bottom, fred >> but there is some importance on the timing of this. it seems like it's taken a long time. or perha...