Posted by Editormum on 9 September 2008 in
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Hey, everyone! Despite the media focus on Sarah Palin, guess what? The Presidential campaign is OBAMA vs. MCCAIN. One of those two will be living and working in the White House.
Biden and Palin are the go-alongers. (Funny how we haven’t really heard all that much about Biden in the blogosphere or the media.) Either Biden or Palin will live in the VP’s residence and will preside over legislative sessions of the Senate, casting the tie-breaking vote in any deadlocked debate over a bill. Other than that, there’s not a lot of official responsibility for the VP, unless the President assigns something.
The only way you’re going to get Palin or Biden living in the White House or wielding any serious power is if, God forbid, something happens to the President. If he resigns, is removed, or dies, OR if there’s a really seriously deadlocked vote on the Senate floor, THEN AND ONLY THEN will Biden or Palin be in a place of power. The VP is about continuity of government and the occasional tie-breaker.
So I’m just telling all my blogging friends, as well as any national media hounds who might happen to be reading: Stop talking as if this campaign were Obama vs. Palin, and get back to dealing with the actual Presidential candidates.
Tags: Biden, election, McCain, Obama, Palin, Politics, president
I Thought the Ticket Was Obama vs. McCain?
Hey, everyone! Despite the media focus on Sarah Palin, guess what? The Presidential campaign is OBAMA vs. MCCAIN. One of those two will be living and working in the White House.
Biden and Palin are the go-alongers. (Funny how we haven’t really heard all that much about Biden in the blogosphere or the media.) Either Biden or Palin will live in the VP’s residence and will preside over legislative sessions of the Senate, casting the tie-breaking vote in any deadlocked debate over a bill. Other than that, there’s not a lot of official responsibility for the VP, unless the President assigns something.
The only way you’re going to get Palin or Biden living in the White House or wielding any serious power is if, God forbid, something happens to the President. If he resigns, is removed, or dies, OR if there’s a really seriously deadlocked vote on the Senate floor, THEN AND ONLY THEN will Biden or Palin be in a place of power. The VP is about continuity of government and the occasional tie-breaker.
So I’m just telling all my blogging friends, as well as any national media hounds who might happen to be reading: Stop talking as if this campaign were Obama vs. Palin, and get back to dealing with the actual Presidential candidates.
Tags: Biden, election, McCain, Obama, Palin, Politics, president