Ebook: The White House vice presidency: the path to significance, Mondale to Biden

Introduction ; The vice presidency through history ; Laying the foundation ; The Mondale model: creating the vision ; Implementing the Mondale model ; Why it worked ; The White House vice presidency: Bush to Gore ; The triumph of the vice presidency: Cheney to Biden ; Determinants of vice-presidential role: Bush to Biden and beyond ; The vice-presidential selection process ; Criteria for selection ; Vice-presidential campaigns ; The vice president as successor ; The political future of vice presidents ; The problems with the vice presidency ; Conclusion.