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It is the tradition of our politics, and a very poor tradition, that the Vice Presidency is a shelf.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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gutenberg.orgHenry Cabot Lodge: “It is the tradition of our politics, and a very poor tradition, that the Vice Presidency is a shelf.”
Editor's note · Context
Lodge critiques the traditional view of the Vice Presidency as a mere placeholder in politics.
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