One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is "to be prepared

One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice-president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'.

When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.

I am uniquely positioned and prepared to be president. I can assure you I am serious. I am committed,

I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.

If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it.