On Aug 25, 2008, at 12:47 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:

> Past W has ANY president used a VP?

Clinton used Gore extensively. He headed up the effort to streamline

government, and eliminated millions in wasteful actions during their

terms.

> I think it is a huge waste of time to waste any brain cells thinking

> about who the second chair is.

>

> Granted we, the nation, got burned the last 7.5 years. But I doubt it

> will ever happen again.

You are going to have an old geezer or the first black president.

Either way, the odds are not insignificant that the VP will become

Prez in the next four years. So yeah, I think it matters who the veep

is.

-- Ed Leafe