08-21-2012, 07:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cmbdiesel
I say we elect both of them. Then nothing will get done, which will likely be better for all of us. |
There was once a plan to do that. The framers wanted the VP to be the 2nd most voted for person. There were issues related to that and in the end, given that the VP had only 1 official duty, the minds at the time decided that the job was longer suitable for the 2nd most popular vote recipient, and instead should go to the running mate of the winning president. That change was the 12th Amendment.
A few years later Congress tried to abolish the office of the VP but it was defeated by the Senate.
Ever since then, we’ve gotten people like Spiro Agnew, Dan Quayle, Joe Biden with the rare Dick Cheney for the office.
In the end it appears that enough nothing gets done with just 1 party in office.
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