She is a massive opportunist, but to a certain extent, I think she got played. When she was running for the Senate back in 2016, she basically walked into the job. I think there was one debate on like a Thursday afternoon. Part of it was because all the attention was on the presidential race. But when she was running for the 2020 spot, I knew she would not get it because she never has to run a hard race in her life. She absolutely bombed - 4th in her own state primary.

Then the Resident comes along and picks her for a running mate. Strokes her bruised ego. Whispers of "First female VP...maybe first female president someday" are in her ear. (So ironic given JB's proclivities, I know.) But I just get the feeling she is now having buyer's remorse. I think it was in the Afghanistan debacle the story was floating around that was heard to have been yelling 'you aren't going to pin that shit on me!' It goes to your observation that in DC you have to be both smart and aggressive, and she's only aggressive. If I am generous, I will allow that her issue is that she was naive about what she was getting into, but that goes back to my point that she never had to really fight to get the jobs she has had.

Now there is talk of staff infighting and resignations. Every President has staff turnover. They are high pressure jobs. You never hear about VP staff turnover and burnout - there isn't any. So what's up?

I know I have to take everything we hear with a couple of shakers of salt, but I just get a feeling that she is coming to terms with the fact that she is a pawn and that she was/is being used. She either doesn't know how to get out of it, or her ego won't let her. Maybe a little of both.