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The Sunday Word: All in the Family
The Caucus —
... presence at exclusive social events here are already streaming in. After eight years of the Bush administration’s early-to-bed presidency, Washington hostesses are hoping the Obamas will revitalize political night life. “She’s going to get invitations hourly, truly,” said Ann Stock, who served as social secretary during the Clinton administration and dined last month with Ms. Rogers. The Vice President The Politico’s Carol E. Lee reports that Vice President-elect Joe Biden plans to s hrink the role of the vice president “significantly” from Dick Cheney’s conception of the job: ...
WHY WILL BIDEN REDUCE VEEP ROLE?
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
POLITICO VIA AOI VIA GLENN: Joe Biden is laying plans to significantly shrink the role of the vice presidency in Barack Obama’s White House, according to an official familiar with his thinking. ... Biden will not begin every day with his own intelligence briefing before sitting in on the president’s. He will not always be the last person Obama speaks to before making a decision.THEY PICKED HIM TO BE OBAMA'S BACKSTOP - READY TO STEP IN ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE, BUT NOW THEY ANNOUNCE HE WON'T EVEN RECEIVE ...
Joe Biden Changes The Way The VP Office Will Work
The Democratic Daily —
According to Politico, Biden has made several key changes in the operations and scope of the VP Office.
In short, Biden will be no Dick Cheney – who redefined the office of the vice presidency to gather unprecedented influence and reach. Instead, Biden will serve the role of trusted backup, but someone who won’t be mistaken for a co-president single-handedly crafting and promoting policy.
Very informative story at Politico. Worth the time to read.
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Don't Be Fooled
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
Politicians do not voluntarily limit their own powers, unless they are named "George Washington." So when you read this story and its claims that Joe Biden believes the power of the Vice Presidency ought to be scaled back, for the name "Joe Biden" substitute "Barack Obama." I wonder how Biden feels. He has gone from being his own boss and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to . . . well . . . this. And he will never run for President (in 2016, he will be one year older than John McCain was this year when he ran). There had better be a lot of funerals ...
Don’t Be Fooled
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... Politicians do not voluntarily limit their own powers, unless they are named “George Washington.” So when you read this story and its claims that Joe Biden believes the power of the Vice Presidency ought to be scaled back, for the name “Joe Biden” substitute “Barack Obama.” ...
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Shakesville —
... Biden to shrink VP role — big time. (Politico) Cheney was a fiasco, but jeebus, why constrain when there is a COMPETENT, but wordy and outspoken Dem there? Let me think about that some more... ...
Joe Biden Wants to Downsize Veep's Role
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Democrats, Joe Biden, Obama AdministrationA few weeks ago we wondered what Joe Biden's role will be as vice president. Today Politico has an answer: basically, Biden's NOT gonna do nearly anything Dick Cheney's done. He's not going to sit in on weekly Senate caucus meetings, he's not going to keep an office outside the House floor, he's not going to hold his own daily intelligence briefings, he's not going to take the lead on foreign policy. "What he has said previously is that Vice President Cheney had ...
Diminishing the OVP
Political Animal —
... Obama will decide what he wants in a vice president and apparently from the way they're talking about it, he does not expect him to have as consequential a role as I have had during my time," Cheney said. That's true, but Cheney is rephrasing reality to make it sound insulting. Both Obama and Biden have said publicly that Cheney took on the role of co-president, and that it's time to restore some institutional and constitutional normalcy to the office. Cheney, for example, began every day with his own intelligence briefing, and then insisted that he sit in on the president's. ...
