[supercat]

Those staff members will urge Sarah to play along to get along. To the degree she does, Republican members of Congress and the RNC will not have to come down on her for being too rigid. If she doesn’t play along, I expect the long knives to come out.

Normally, the President is more popular than the VP. THe McCain/Palin ticket is an exception to that rule. If a very popular VP advocates a position which differs from that of a less-popular President, are the Republicans in Congress all going to support the latter? Or will they support the more popular person?

[DoughtyOne]

I believe they should do the proper Conservative thing.

That being said, McCain was elected to the office of the President. I would not advocate a situation where Congress would ask the VP what to do. I can’t see a situation where they would.

They should act properly adhering to conservative principles on their own. In that manner they could oppose the Presiden, as they should if he advocates leftist policy.

[E. Cartman]

If a very popular VP advocates a position which differs from that of a less-popular President, are the Republicans in Congress all going to support the latter? Or will they support the more popular person?

You mean what amounts effectively to an in-house coup d'etat? I don't see it happening.