whoshia, two women attempted to run for vice president in modern history were geraldine ferraro and sarahalin. geraldine ferraro on the democratic ticket and sarah palin on the democratic ticket. neither woman was elected with their ticket. what did we learn about women campaigning nationally from those two elections that we can expect to see coming up this fall for senator harris? caller: i am glad -- guest: i am glad you mention sarah palin. she is absolutely a part of that history. she has talked about the things she experienced in that campaign and recently posted on instagram where she was talking to senator harris about the things that she thinks she should be thoughtful about. here are the names of some things you want to think about. and keep the people you think are closest to you. howe were questions about sarah palin fit in the party and how the party was involving her and questions about how she could fit into her own campaign. there were some differences there that i think caused the problem. i think she also had to fight some sexism. thes unclear exactly that kind of sexism