Let me preface this by saying I'm not a fan of Harris. Despite this,
she has been lobbying pretty hard for abortion rights.
she has actually had some successes in addressing the deep causes of illegal immigration, despite the optics of the symptoms
she did a good job pushing for voting rights, but was ultimately stymied by fucking Manchin and Sinema
But then again, as people have pointed out, the VP is just kind of sitting there as insurance. I'm so incredibly disappointed in the Dems inability to primary their candidates.
That's a failure of the party to not promote her then. Gore got coverage and sponsored legislation as a vp. Cheney spearheaded an entire war. A vp can be in the news cycle if you want them to.
Gore has always been a huge media favorite (even before he became VP), knew how to play the game and loved the attention. Same for Cheney. Some VP are more on the front, but you hadn’t heard much of Biden while he was VP, and Pence… well he was a lap dog until the constitution depended on him.
Can you even tell me who George HW Bush’s VP was? Or Carter’s? Without looking?
Harris doesn’t care about it, it’s not required for her job, and if she doesn’t do a good job we’d probably know about it more than if she did.
You mean VP Potato! Will always remember that before Quayle.
I recall Carter's veep because I have family who are distantly related to Mondale via marriage. They were all upset when he lost again in the 80s, like, they were gonna get VIP passes to the white house via some elaborate scheme for 4th cousins. lol
Teddy was big as VP, but that's about it. They spend a lot of their days in the Senate in meetings to help push through legislation and breaking ties whenever they happen.
I haven't heard a single thing about her since she became VP. Has the news just been avoiding her? Has she done anything in the past three years?
I don't exactly avoid the news, but I know more about some congresspeople / governors / senators than I do about the sitting VP.
Let me preface this by saying I'm not a fan of Harris. Despite this,
But then again, as people have pointed out, the VP is just kind of sitting there as insurance. I'm so incredibly disappointed in the Dems inability to primary their candidates.
That’s kind of the job of VP, though. She’s been in the news but never in the front.
That's a failure of the party to not promote her then. Gore got coverage and sponsored legislation as a vp. Cheney spearheaded an entire war. A vp can be in the news cycle if you want them to.
Gore has always been a huge media favorite (even before he became VP), knew how to play the game and loved the attention. Same for Cheney. Some VP are more on the front, but you hadn’t heard much of Biden while he was VP, and Pence… well he was a lap dog until the constitution depended on him.
Can you even tell me who George HW Bush’s VP was? Or Carter’s? Without looking?
Harris doesn’t care about it, it’s not required for her job, and if she doesn’t do a good job we’d probably know about it more than if she did.
You mean VP Potato! Will always remember that before Quayle.
I recall Carter's veep because I have family who are distantly related to Mondale via marriage. They were all upset when he lost again in the 80s, like, they were gonna get VIP passes to the white house via some elaborate scheme for 4th cousins. lol
Yes I can tell you that. :-)
When Obama was in power Biden just seemed to be the smiling old white uncle that had a couple funny cameos on TV, from my recollection.
Yeah I don't understand what people expect from a VP. I don't remember a VP ever being big news for as long as I've been alive.
Oh, wait, Cheney. Yeah, maybe a VP being out of the spotlight is a good thing.
Teddy was big as VP, but that's about it. They spend a lot of their days in the Senate in meetings to help push through legislation and breaking ties whenever they happen.