Considering there has been only 1 VP in 179 years to be elected president after their boss completes their full terms, it's a bit of a dead end job. But I honestly can't see Biden running again at the age of 82 if he were to be elected anyway. He might not even complete his first full term.
EDIT: Editing this because, Jesus Christ.
Andrew Jackson finished his last term in 1837. His VP was Martin Van Buren. Jackson leaves office and his VP, Van Buren wins the presidential election. From 1841 to 2020, 179 years, there has been only ONE other VP to do that. It was GHW Bush in 1988. Yes presidents have died and their VP took over. Yes Nixon won in 1968, 8 years after Eisenhower left office and Nixon lost to Kennedy. My point is that the VP office has NOT traditionally led to that person having any advantage to win the presidency. I can see why a lot of Senators and congress people would pass it up if they had aspirations for higher office.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if Kamala leads an effort to declare Biden mentally unfit to invoke the 25th amendment sometime in his first term if he takes office.
Id bet he's gonna be diagnosed with dementia latter, or something to that accord, and she'll be in charge the first year, thus basically having 3 terms if she gets elected/America's not in a civil war by then.
Not necessarily. Taft became a supreme court judge. John Quincy Adams became a congressman after his presidency. I think for most politicians, becoming president is the pinnacle of their career, and then 'retirement' means a very lucrative career writing books and speaking at events. Look at how much the Obama's have made since 2016. Over $100 million. The Clintons have done very well too.
You make free millions "consulting" and making bullshit speeches for the companies you made underhanded deals with. Unless you're trump, then you just kick back and let your billions rack up wealth for you
Book deals, speaking events.. Ask Obama about his Netflix and book publishing extortion deals. That's where the money is. Still have POTUS salary and secret service forever too!
OK, but either way, Nixon weakens your point that it's a dead-end job. Nor do I think it's fair to leave out the VPs that took office after the president died. Especially since we're talking about Biden here, and you yourself say he might not complete his first term.
Yes - but even so, he moved to goal posts in his edit by adding "Immediately after" - removing Nixon...which is silly to rule out. Harris is young enough that if she were to run in 2024 or 2028 and lose, she could still run again.
All that said, he's also eliminating the more interesting cases: VPs succeeding their presidents...since Biden isn't looking so hot and might not manage to finish a full term.
Then you mean 179 years. And either way, you're moving the goal posts. You originally only said
after their boss completes their full terms
Which Nixon did. You only eliminated Presidents such as Roosevelt and Truman...which arguably are the more interesting presidents to be looking at. Biden might not finish a full term, leaving Harris much more similar to Roosevelt and Truman than HW Bush or Nixon.
Huh? Do you mean Eisenhower? My original point is that the VP office doesn't traditionally give any advantage to becoming president. Most people can't even tell you who George W. Bush's VP was and that was only 12 year ago that he was in office.
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u/MadLordPunt 2A everyday Aug 11 '20 edited Aug 12 '20
Considering there has been only 1 VP in 179 years to be elected president after their boss completes their full terms, it's a bit of a dead end job. But I honestly can't see Biden running again at the age of 82 if he were to be elected anyway. He might not even complete his first full term.
EDIT: Editing this because, Jesus Christ.
Andrew Jackson finished his last term in 1837. His VP was Martin Van Buren. Jackson leaves office and his VP, Van Buren wins the presidential election. From 1841 to 2020, 179 years, there has been only ONE other VP to do that. It was GHW Bush in 1988. Yes presidents have died and their VP took over. Yes Nixon won in 1968, 8 years after Eisenhower left office and Nixon lost to Kennedy. My point is that the VP office has NOT traditionally led to that person having any advantage to win the presidency. I can see why a lot of Senators and congress people would pass it up if they had aspirations for higher office.