2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Should Hillary Clinton pick Elizabeth Warren for V.P.? [View all]andym
(5,446 posts)Teddy Roosevelt only served 6 months as VP before he was elevated to the Presidency. He was a troublemaking reformist governor of New York, whom the powers that be wanted "out of the way." But it backfired on them big time.
The VP gets far more attention at the national level than almost any senator. Besides appointing judges, the Senate will do little in the next four years, if the Democrats can't win back the House which is a herculean task given how many GOP districts have been gerrymandered into stability. So Warren and Sanders can't do that much in the Senate.
The VP "can" have the bully pulpit if the President accedes-- that will be the most a progressive can do to fire up everyone until 2020/2022 and the hopeful end of the gerrymandered House.