2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This is gonna get me yelled at. but... Warren does not have the 'exposure' to run for President.... [View all]bornskeptic
(1,330 posts)The vice-president has no power whatsoever. Constitutionally, the VP is given the power to break ties in the Senate, but that power is meaningless now, because 60 votes are required to pass almost anything. The main functions of the VP are going to funerals, running errands for the president, and waiting around for the president to die, resign, or be disabled. Elizabeth Warren would hate that job. She's a person who wants to accomplish something for ordinary people, not to be a bench-warmer. I don't think she'll ever want to run for president, but if she does, remaining in the Senate would give her a better chance. Incumbent VPs have won exactly one presidential election out of the last 45, omostly thanks to Willie Horton and Dukakis in a tank.