Historically, the position of the VP is a dead end. Theodore Roosevelt became the VP because they wanted him out of the way. No one predicted that McKinley would get assassinated.
>> Historically, the position of the VP is a dead end. <<
Richard Nixon
George H. W. Bush
Joe Biden
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Martin Van Buren
Not to mention:
Gerald Ford
Lyndon Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Teddy Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Andrew Johnson
Chet Arthur
Millard Fillmore
Bush 41 and bitme will say otherwise.
And the "elite" class that was running everything back then was shocked that Teddy would use the office of the Presidency against their interests. He came from their ranks, but he was quite principled in his ideas.
I suspect it was his time in the West that taught him a different way to see the world. A more ethical way.
Uh, one guy predicted Roosevelt would be assassinated.
But I get your point.lol