Like Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin Will Not Say the Vice President is a Part of the Exectutive Branch
When Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin was announced as Republican nominee John McCain’s running mate, President George W. Bush said that she “had the executive appearance and that’s what it takes to be a capable person…in the executive branch.” But like George Bush’s own vice president, it’s not clear that Sarah Palin would consider herself to be part of the executive branch of the American government.
The Hill- the online news magazine focused on Capitol Hill politics reports that it inquired with both Joseph Biden and Sarah Palin about whether they would consider themselves to be part of the executive branch in the next government administration. The Hill’s Kevin Bogardus reports, “Senator Biden (Del.) believes the office he is seeking is solely in the executive branch, according to his staff.
But aides to Alaska Governor Palin did not answer the question”:
A spokesman for the John McCain’s presidential campaign did not answer the question. Instead, he e-mailed remarks Sarah Palin gave at a campaign rally in Golden, Colorado., on Monday.
Sarah Palin did not say what branch of government she believes the vice president’s office is part of in those remarks. Instead, Sarah Palin said she and Republican presidential nominee John McCain had discussed what responsibilities she would take on as his second-in-command such as energy policy.
Vice President Dick Cheney, and his chief aide David Addington, have repeatedly tried to argue that the vice president is not part of the executive branch. Cheney, who has referred to his office as “a unique creature,” has tried to exempt himself from a presidential executive order designed to safeguard classified national security information.
Already, Sarah Palin’s handling the “Troopergate” probe dealing with the firing of Alaskan State Trooper Mike Wooten has demonstrated a striking resemblance to Dick Cheney’s penchant for secrecy. Sarah Palin is thwarting both a state legislature probe and a state Personnel Board investigation into the ethics scandal. Like the current George Bush White House, she is claiming “executive privilege” on e-mails from personal accounts (which recently made the news when they were hacked). And just yesterday, her husband Todd Palin — following in the footsteps of Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten — said thanks but no thanks to a subpoena demanding he appear before the state Senate Judiciary Committee.
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