Is Biden attending the inauguration?

[alphaboi867]

I know the Vice-President-elect traditionally attends and is sworn in a few minutes before the President for some reason. Cheney attended Bush’s 2nd inauguration rather than being re-sworn in in a secret undisclosed location. Is Biden going to being standing on the dais with Obama? Will he be sworn in at a seperate location for security?

[Guinastasia]

Why wouldn’t he attend?

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

Inauguration Day Schedule:

11:30 AM If you have tickets to the Inauguration ceremony, you must have passed through security by this time.
Call to Order and Welcoming Remarks: Senator Dianne Feinstein
Invocation: Dr. Rick Warren
Aretha Franklin will sing
Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn into office
Music composed by John Williams and performed by Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Gabriela Montero, and Anthony McGill.

12:00 Noon As specified by the U.S. Constitution (20th Amendment), presidential terms of office begin and end at 12:00 noon on January 20. Barack Obama will take the oath of office, which is this simple, 35-word, statement:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

[Vox_Imperatoris]

@Guinastasia

Why wouldn’t he attend?

Presumably so they can’t both be blown up or something. They don’t generally hang out together.

Valete,
Vox Imperatoris

[billfish678]

Heck, he’s been so low profile lately I had to think for a minute today before I could even remember who the VP elect was!

Maybe he has been borrowing dan quayls cloak of invisibilty!

[Bijou_Drains]

The State of the Union speech is where they have 1 cabinet member stay away in case the whole Capitol gets blown up or something else strange happens.

[Vox_Imperatoris]

@Bijou_Drains

The State of the Union speech is where they have 1 cabinet member stay away in case the whole Capitol gets blown up or something else strange happens.

Well, it’s been tried (albeit not in America).

Valete,
Vox Imperatoris

[Cliffy]

@billfish678

Heck, he’s been so low profile lately I had to think for a minute today before I could even remember who the VP elect was!

He gave a barn-burner at the concert this afternoon.

Vox, that maintaining separate locations thing is mostly a crock – Cheney didn’t appear in public with Bush much, but he was at the White House most working days. Also, it’s not a tradition, really – other VP’s have been much more public than the current one, for what seems to me to be two reasons. First, it appealed to Busg and Cheney’s egos and their preconceived political notions to pretend that Fortress America has been under constant attack since Sept. 11th, and second, Cheney was so unpopular throughout his entire term that any time he reminded the public of his existence it made things more difficult for the Administration, so they used the security thing as an excuse to keep him off the stage.

–Cliffy

[Vox_Imperatoris]

Oh, I’m not saying that they need to do that, just elaborating on why *they *think they need to do that. I don’t think it’s really a necessary thing to separate the P and VP; the likelihood is just not worth the hassle.

Valete,
Vox Imperatoris

[Alex_Dubinsky]

@Cliffy

Vox, that maintaining separate locations thing is mostly a crock – Cheney didn’t appear in public with Bush much, but he was at the White House most working days. Also, it’s not a tradition, really – other VP’s have been much more public than the current one, for what seems to me to be two reasons. First, it appealed to Busg and Cheney’s egos and their preconceived political notions to pretend that Fortress America has been under constant attack since Sept. 11th, and second, Cheney was so unpopular throughout his entire term that any time he reminded the public of his existence it made things more difficult for the Administration, so they used the security thing as an excuse to keep him off the stage.

You’re forgetting that Cheney is also not a member of the executive branch.

[SpoilerVirgin]

They’ve just announced that Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be the “designated successor” during the inauguration. It makes sense – he’s already been serving in the Cabinet, so he knows how things work, and he’s the Defense Secretary, so he’s probably best equipped to deal with whatever situation arises.