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+Nixon was effectively impeached (resigned), but we probably won't see
+impeachments anytime soon because US wants to avoid appearance of
+politcial removals as much as possible.
+
+The Vice Presidency
+- "The Usual Suspect" - chosen to be an acceptable, presidential
+  candidate: often political experience, liked by party
+- "Balance the Ticket" to gain electoral votes
+    - Geographical balancing (southern, western, midwestern votes, etc)
+    - Ideological balancing (Clinton+Al Gore, ex.)
+        - Ex: Reagan and HW Bush
+    - Demographic balancing
+        - Obama (young, black) + Biden (experienced/old, white)
+        - Biden + Kamala
+    - Used to be very little power/involvement
+        - Biden, Pence, Cheney had more power than in previous years
+        - Bush, ex., did not have much power from the president
+    - Mostly their role is
+        - Replacement (in case of dead, incapacitated, unavailable)
+        - President of the Senate
+
+Power to Persuade
+- President/VP needs more than formal powers
+- Have to win over Washingtonians, by persuasion
+    - Can directly persuade Congressmen, interest groups, thinktanks
+    - OR can persuade the people
+        - Persuade voters to ask their reps/senators
+        - Rhetorical skills: prepared speech
+            - also more informal engagement with base
+        - Resources of the office: influence (Oval Office, etc)
+        - "Washington Bazaar": engage with news media
+
+Future presidencies
+- Presidential Power generally only expands
+    - Unless drastic changes occur
+- Will the president become Arthur Schelinger's "imperial president"
+    - Used in referenc to Nixon
+    - More absolute, less checked behavior by the pres.
+    - Trump's potential coup may realize this
+- What makes a relevant president
+    - Focused energy behind one chief (whatever role they assume)
+    - Energy
+    - Dosen't require a specific geographic location like Congress
+        - "Personal President": president is socially relevant to people
+            - Trump got votes because he seemed like a normal person
+            - Bill Clinton, super folksy president
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+Review:
+    Presidential and Parliamentary vary by levels of independence.
+
+Pres:
+- Responsible to the "people" not legislative branch
+- Power is diffuse and slower than direct work with legislative
+- Fixed tenure
+
+Parliament:
+- More oversight from the legislature
+- PM Responsible to Legislative Branch
+- Concentrated power (theoretically more timely and efficient)
+- (Mostly) unfixed tenure
+
+Takeaway
+- Parliamentary systems *tend* to be more stable, efficient, accountable
+- Presidential System tends to separate powers better because of Checks
+  and Balances, as long as legislative branch retains this spirit.
+    - In the US, this hasn't exactly happened
+- But this has only mostly changed because the Senate used to be elected
+  entirely independently of popular vote