Vice

[Che]

Is there anyone in the entire history of the United States that has just wanted to be a Vice President? And why not?

[Dodie16]

Why settle for being second fiddle when you can strive to be first?

I don't think that being vice president is all that bad though. Maybe a little bit on the boring side since you wouldn't have a lot of constitutional obligations to fulfill, but still, you're the first person in line for succession to the presidency should something happen to the current president. Also, if you want to run for president yourself when election time rolls around, I'm sure it looks pretty dang good to people that you once held such a high position in government.

[Jin]

Joe the Plumber does.

[Josh_R]

I'm sure you can find someone out there who's life long dream is to be a VP. Maybe they don't have people skills, maybe in a Presidential election they would get destroyed. Why not play it safe and run as someone else's VP.

[Polk]

As the only American President that posts on these forums, I can honestly say this: No. Nobody just wants to be VP. Back when George M. Dallas was still alive he could have told you that, but he'd probably have to take my dick out of his mouth first.