I have never understood the pessimism about VP Harris being able to handle the presidency. The job of a VP is to go to state funerals if the president can't go and to stand around waiting for something bad to happen to the president. VP nominees have been picked to balance the party ticket geographically and sometimes ideologically...a s…
I have never understood the pessimism about VP Harris being able to handle the presidency. The job of a VP is to go to state funerals if the president can't go and to stand around waiting for something bad to happen to the president. VP nominees have been picked to balance the party ticket geographically and sometimes ideologically...a symbol to those who maybe didn't like the presidential nominee.
I think people hold VP (or at least Harris) to the standard of "someone I'd vote for to be President." But that's stupid*; All a VP taking over needs is competence to keep the country from falling apart until the next election, not to be a saint. I think people give too much weight to her public speaking and too little to what she's good at, like asking tough questions and understanding complex issues.
*especially considering the ridiculous, contradictory standards we hold for our presidential nominees: must be strong, smart, tough, caring, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, and simultaneously somebody we'd like to have a beer with.
I have never understood the pessimism about VP Harris being able to handle the presidency. The job of a VP is to go to state funerals if the president can't go and to stand around waiting for something bad to happen to the president. VP nominees have been picked to balance the party ticket geographically and sometimes ideologically...a symbol to those who maybe didn't like the presidential nominee.
I think people hold VP (or at least Harris) to the standard of "someone I'd vote for to be President." But that's stupid*; All a VP taking over needs is competence to keep the country from falling apart until the next election, not to be a saint. I think people give too much weight to her public speaking and too little to what she's good at, like asking tough questions and understanding complex issues.
*especially considering the ridiculous, contradictory standards we hold for our presidential nominees: must be strong, smart, tough, caring, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, and simultaneously somebody we'd like to have a beer with.