Knowing your Role

It seems as though the Republican National Committee (RNC) has opted for style over substance. In a recent Politico report, the RNC has spent $150,000.00 on Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Governor Sarah Palin and her family's wardrobe - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14805.html

Where's the lack of substance that good money might have paid for? Well, it seems that Governor Palin seems to (still?) misunderstand the role of the Vice President with respect to the United States Senate. According to the Governor, Vice Presidents are "in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better...."

Here's what Article I of the Constitution says about the matter: "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided."

No where in the Constitution is it suggested that the Vice President shall have a role in forging "good policy", "bad policy" or any policy. If she wanted to have a direct part in forming policy, she should have finagled the U.S. Senate seat presently held by the embattled Senator Ted Stevens of the state of Alaska.

How could the RNC spend their money better? Well for starters, they ought to consider perhaps spending money and hire a constitutional law scholar to tutor, if not intensively home school the Governor on the constitutional law that governs the United States and sets out the limits of the Vice Presidency; the position she aspires to be hired for by the American voters.