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Clinton and Gore both insist the Vice President will have an important policy role to play in a Democratic Administration. Candidates always talk this way, of course, but some of them actually deliver on the promise: Walter Mondale was very active in the Carter Administration on domestic policy issues and in congressional relations. Should Clinton win, Al Gore would probably become deeply involved with issues like the environment and arms control.
The constitutional duties of Vice Presidents are to preside over the Senate (where they vote only in case of ties) and to sit around waiting to replace the President. That may not sound like much of a job in its own right, but consider the opportunities for career advancement: five of the past 10 Vice Presidents have eventually moved up to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, either through succession or election in their own right, a lesson of history that has not been lost on Dan Quayle or Al Gore.