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In reply to the discussion: Just Throwing This Out There: Obama's New Cabinet Shuffle. [View all]TrollBuster9090
(5,953 posts)16. The ideological side of me agrees, but the practical side doesn't.
We needed a nudge to break the glass ceiling stopping African Americans from being President (in this case, the nudge was a giant clusterf@#k known as the Bush Administration), and we'll need a nudge to break the glass ceiling stopping women from being President.
My personal opinion is that, if we'd waited for these attitudes to evolve naturally, we'd have had to wait another 50 years for a non-white President, at least.
If it's done this way, the glass ceiling will have been broken in a rather benign way, setting the stage for the first woman to be elected President. It has the giant side benefit of solidifying women voters' loyalty to the Democratic Party, and encouraging them to vote in 2014.
Just my two cents.
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they weren't elected. biden was. how many elected vps have quit to become a cabinet member? eom
ellenfl
Nov 2012
#20
I don't think it is silly. There is a certain elegance to it, IMO. Biden gets his lifetime wish at
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#25
Aaron Burr, who quit to run for governor, lost, and then murdered one of guys who opposed him.
Bucky
Nov 2012
#30
he didn't quit to take another job in the federal gov. sorry, i should have been specific. eom
ellenfl
Nov 2012
#33
Well, it's happened in the past (ie-Nixon with Agnew), so there is a precedent.
TrollBuster9090
Nov 2012
#7
And Biden has always been after that job, anyway. So everybody's happy. nt
TrollBuster9090
Nov 2012
#9
That will be the time when all the democrats are all happy at the same time
Angry Dragon
Nov 2012
#11
It's been done before (Nixon/Agnew), and it's allowed in the Constitution.
TrollBuster9090
Nov 2012
#8
but agnew didn' t resign to take another position, so his position had to be filled. i doubt
ellenfl
Nov 2012
#22
Hahah! Actually, I was hoping he'd get that job in 2008. But Clinton was a good choice, too.
TrollBuster9090
Nov 2012
#17
Stop bogarting and pass it around! That must be some good shit you are smoking.
madinmaryland
Nov 2012
#15
Biden is VP, & an excellent one. He doesn't want to change. Obama doesn't want a new VP. The end.nt
Honeycombe8
Nov 2012
#31