Countering the Dems

[AlphaFrog]

I generally don't get heavily into politics, but my mom and I were discussing this the other day...

Since the Dems generally name their candidate before the Republicans, should the Republicans feel obligated to present a candidate who would "counterbalance" the Democratic candidate?

For example, if the Dems pick Clinton, since she's pretty far left, the Republicans could probably get away with putting up a candidate who's a little farther to the right than if the Dems pick Obama. However, it might be wise for the Republicans to pick someone like Rudy, who could pull in the centerist votes.

I know there's a million '08 threads already, but most of them seem to have made their way to the Obama/Clinton debate and sort of stuck there.