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"Hardly worth a pitcher of warm spit " was U.S. Vice President (1933-41) John Nance Garner's estimation of his job. Were Garner around today, he would probably take a kindlier view, suggests Light, a National Academy of Public Administration researcher. During the last 10 years, the Vice Presidency has become an office...