The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.

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.

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

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

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

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.