why did it not work for richard nixon or nelson rockefeller? they didn't like the job of vice president, nor did lyndon johnson and yet you enjoyed t.al gore said that he had a lot of responsibilities, so in the dynamics of the relationship, what works and what doesn't? >> well, the norm has been to go back over, and i guess i was the 46th vice president. and you look at what the typical pattern has been, my guess is he may have somebody here who is really diligent student who can name all our vice presidents, but i couldn't. and it's a -- oftentimes it's -- it's been described various ways by other politicians or the vice presidents themselves. some of them weren't even allowed to go to cabinet meetings. eisenhower and nixon had a somewhat strained relationship. they didn't really know each other before nixon was picked to be vice president, and it never was a close relationship. a lot of that had to do with nixon's own background. he had been the supreme allied commander in europe throughout world war ii. he wan a military-style operation, an

. >> why did not work for richard nixon or nelson rockefeller? they did not like the job of vice president, nor did lyndon johnson. yet, you enjoyed it. al gore said he had a lot of responsibilities. what works and what does not? >> well, the norm has been, i guess i was the 46th vice president, and when you look at the typical pattern, my guess is he may have somebody who is a very diligent student who could name all our vice presidents, but i could not. oftentimes, it has been described in various ways by other politicians or the vice presidents themselves, some were not even allowed to go to cabinet meetings. eisenhower and nixon had a somewhat strained relationship. they did not really know each other before nixon was picked. and it never was a close relationship. a lot of that i think had to do with nixon's own background. he had been the supreme allied commander in europe throughout world war ii. he ran a military-style operation. there really is not a place in that for a "vice president." you can add the deputy commander, a chief of staff

. >> why did not work for richard nixon or nelson rockefeller? they did not like the job of vice president, nor did lyndon johnson. yet, you enjoyed it. al gore said he had a lot of responsibilities. what works and what does not? >> well, the norm has been, i guess i was the 46th vice president, and when you look at the typical pattern, my guess is he may have somebody who is a very diligent student who could name all our vice presidents, but i could not. oftentimes, it has been described in various ways by other politicians or the vice presidents themselves, some were not even allowed to go to cabinet meetings. eisenhower and nixon had a somewhat strained relationship. themselves, some of them not even allowed to the cabinet meetings. eisenhower and nixon had a strained relationship. they did not really know each other before nixon was tapped to be the vice-president. and never was a close relationship. a lot of that had to do it is backing up the supreme allied commander in europe. he ran a military-style operation and there's nothing in there

why did it not work for richard nixon or nelson rockefeller?njoyed it and al gore said he had a lot of responsibilities. what works and what doesn't? >> the norm has been, you can go back over i was the 46th vice president, you look at the typical pattern has been. my guess, you may have somebody who is a diligent student who can name all of our vice presidents, but i couldn't. often times it's been described various ways by their politicians or vice presidents themselves. some of them weren't allowed to go to cabinet meetings. eisenhower and nixon had a somewhat strange relationship. it never was a close relationship. a lot of that had to do with nixon's own background. europe throughout world war ii, he ran a military style operation. there isn't a place in that in vice president. you can have a deputy commander. you can have a chief of staff runs things on behalf of supreme court commander. style of operation was very much to delegate a lot of authority especially to the cabinet. he didn't delegate much of anything to the strength and he foc

. >> why did not work for richard nixon or nelson rockefeller? they did not like the job of vice president, nor did lyndon johnson. , you enjoyed it. al gore said he had a lot of responsibilities. what works and what does not? >> well, the norm has been, i guess i was the 46th vice- president, and when you look at the typical pattern, my guess is he may have somebody who is a very diligent student who could name all our vice-president, but i cannot. oftentimes, it has been described in various ways by other politicians or the vice presidents themselves, some were not even allowed to go to cabinet meetings. eisenhower and nixon had a somewhat strained relationship. they did not really know each other before nixon was picked. and it never was a close relationship. a lot of that i think had to do with nixon's own background. he had been the supreme allied commander in europe throughout world war ii. he ran a military-style operation. there really is not a place in that for a "vice president." you can add the deputy commander, a chief of staff that r