The Evolving Role Of The Vice President (NPR this morning)

[Muttocracy]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92705080

Politics
The Evolving Role Of The Vice President

Weekend Edition Saturday, July 19, 2008 · Scott Simon talks with vice presidential scholar Joel Goldstein about why and how the role of the vice president has changed.

[LeftishBrit]

1. 'Evolving' usually makes one think of humans evolving from other animal species...

but in this case, it's more like humans evolving INTO poisonous snakes.

I once read of a child, who was asked in a test to define the word 'vice' and responded 'Something bad, like a vice president'.

[Muttocracy]

2. That would be an especially good definition of VP these days...