Book description i am nothing but i may be everything john adams the first vice president wrote of his office and for most of american history the nothing part of adamss formulation accurately captured the importance of the vice presidency at least as long as the president had a heartbeat. The book presents a comprehensive account of the vice presidency as the office has developed from mondale to biden but the white house vice presidency is more than that it also shows how a constitutional office can evolve through the repetition of accumulated precedents and demonstrates the critical role of political leadership in . The white house vice presidency the path to significance mondale to biden by joel k goldstein lawrence ks university press of kansas 2016. The white house vice presidency the path to significance mondale to biden describes this remarkable development seeks to account for it and explores what can be learned from it about the vice presidency constitutional change and political leadership. The white house vice presidency the path to significance mondale to biden by joel k goldstein lawrence university press of kansas 2016 440p 3495 christopher j devine university of dayton joel k goldsteins the white house vice presidency is an ambitious attempt to explain the most