As vice presidential running mate Jack Kemp demonstrates his political allegiance to Robert Dole this week at the Republican National Convention, some might think he and Dole make an odd couple. Larry Berman, presidential scholar and professor of political science at UC Davis, says the controversial choice was brilliant because it shows that bitter rivals can put aside their differences in an effort to defeat the incumbent party. "The analogy is 1960 when John F. Kennedy selected Lyndon B. Johnson as his running mate," says Berman. "Kennedy disliked Johnson, but needed him on the ticket to defeat the republican challenger, Richard Nixon. The biggest challenge for the Republicans will be from Ross Perot who took aim at both of the major parties last weekend at the Reform Party's first national convention." Perot could hurt the Dole/Kemp ticket among voters everywhere, according to Berman.