The best position in all of politics

Pop quiz: do you know who this is, without looking?

The best job in politics has to be the vice president's spouse. Think about it, being the president/vice president is as close to being royalty as you can get in our country without being a Jolie/Pitt kid.

But the best thing about being the vice president's spouse is you can take advantage of all the good things that come with the position and no one knows/cares who you are.

This means you can ride around in limos, get a secret service detail, go to all the big events in D.C., get into virtually any event you want in the country with just a phone call (that someone else makes for you) and can travel all over the world at the taxpayers expense whenever you want since your spouse has the highest profile/least-amount-of -work-required job ratio in the world.

Not bad work if you can get it.

And when you're done being all high maintenance, you can go back to being a regular person who no one knows.

Don't believe me? Quick, can you name the current Vice President's wife?

It's Lynne V. Cheney, a fact I didn't know until about four minutes ago.

(Interesting side note, according to Wikipedia, she was mentioned as a possible conservative vp nod for Bush in 2000. Her husband was given the job instead, who happened to be the head of the search committee.

That had to be an interesting dinner conversation...

"What are my chances of seriously being named, Dick?"

"Well, honey, the committee has decided to go another way. But I just know you're going to love him."

I bet Todd Palin is wishing he'd been the head of McCain's vp search committee.)

Being married to the vice president has another advantage. Almost every vp has ran for president at one time or another, putting you in the driver's seat to be married to the president.

Once in the White House, you're spouse has a real job and you almost really matter. People learn your name, you get to be on magazine covers and even get a role in the administration with more responsibility than the actual vice president, if you want it.

You can also use the position to launch your own senate or presidential campaign.

Until then though, you can settle knowing you have your own office in the White House, the Office of the Wife of the Vice President. Having your own office in the White House is a pretty big deal, no matter who you are.

(No word yet on if they will rename the office if McCain/Palin win in November.)

Wikipedia list four duties for the job: hosting during receptions at the vice presidential residence, presiding over selected welfare institutions, accompanying the spouse in official travels and various ceremonial duties.

That's one more duty then the actual vice president has: to vote in the event of a tie in the Senate, reside over the U.S. Electoral College and shoot people in the face.

Though, if McCain wins, the Constitution should be thrown out on vp duties and rewritten so that they include only standing around and looking hot.

And hosting hockey games, that should be included too.