Today we got the opportunity to meet our faculty leaders. An interesting diversity of who they thinking have a shot to be chosen as the McCain VP nominee. Former Congressman Mickey Edwards started off by kind of reminding us that the Cogress is clearly going to play a huge role as well. I mean, everyone is so focused on McCain and Obama that people forget. I think it is valid as well, because many view the President as the head of state, or at the very least the biggest public figure and executive branch member in America. Although, I think people forget to recognize the President does need the approval of the Congress for many things. I think whoever wins the Presidency will have to deal with the Congress, especially after all the additional Presidential powers added during the Bush administration. With all the controversy of the immense increase of power in the Presidential powers during the Bush administration, people should want the Congress to check on the next President. I hope this happens as well if Obama is elected, even though he is a Democratic and there is a Democratic majority in Congress. I feel that every political analyst and everyone in between in talking about the VP position, especially with the recent announcement of Joe Biden for the Democratic nominee. Clearly people think the role itself is significant, 20% of people who have held the VP position have continued on to becoming President. Obviously, the Presidential nominees need to pick a VP who can answer the weakness of the President, Obama with foreign policy and McCain with economics. I think McCain really needs to find someone that conservatives can trust and everyone can trust to get them back towards a balanced budget. It’ll be interesting to see whether McCain uses strategy towards economics or winning specific states or even just to enter his VP candidate with a splash. There has been talk for two potential female VPs, so it would be a very interesting race.
Tags: Republican, RNC
