Remember the powerful vice-presidents. Whether or not the reader liked them they were a true partner or leader of their president. They were given powerful jobs and were usually in the photos with their president.

Al Gore was the co-brain for Clinton. Both were very intelligent people. His first job was to figure out how to make the government more efficient. Moving information around by computer was siloed. Each group or department spoke its own language and information couldn’t be transferred to another silo. Today that seem archaic but Gore saw the need for a common system. He had a budget which he used to hire the early internet invention. “Father of the Internet” maybe.

Dick Chaney was “the brain” of the Bush II administration for the first six years. Cheney was to vet the people Bush thought would be good VPs. Cheney dumped them all and talked Bush into giving the office to him over Bush I’s advice. Cheney filled all the jobs with his friends so he could run policy and the government. Bush II finally put him in the closet.

Joe Biden had decades of political skill and friendships in Washington complementing Obama’s novice Senate experience. Biden was the go-to guy to handle political liaison and a great representative for foreign meetings and discussions. A potential 2020 nominee.

Mike Pence was a help in Trump’s transition and helped to get some knowledgeable, stable advisors into the White House. Those advisors are fired or left and Pence is seldom in the pictures with Trump. Is it because Trump can’t share a picture, policy divisiveness, or is Pence trying to keep his head down until 2020 or impeachment?