McGonagall, Fudge's Dementor

[davewitley]

No: HPFGUIDX 33408

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce <pennylin at s...> wrote:
> Hi all --
> 
> ftah3 wrote:
> > 
> > Dude.  She rocks!
> 

> McGonagall *does* ALOT more than Dumbledore, and she *does* AS MUCH 
AS (if not more than) Snape .... and all the other professors.  She 
is the Deputy Headmistress, which suggests that she leap-frogged over 
Snape & anyone else in her way to be 2nd-in-command.  She is 
obviously being groomed to take over from Dumbledore.  

I basically agree with the views expressed by Mahoney and Penny.  
However, I'm unclear about the above snippet.  McGonagall is a whole 
lot older than Snape, indeed may have taught him at Hogwarts.  So I'm 
not sure about the 'leap-frogging'.  Binns, yes; Snape, no.

How is it 'obvious' that she is being groomed to take over from 
Dumbledore?  My own suspicion is that nobody is being groomed.  That 
may reflect on Dumbledore's sense of responsibility, though I suspect 
he would justify it by saying it's not for him to prejudge the 
governers' decisions.  But I don't believe my view is 'obvious' 
either - just saying that the inner workings of the Hogwarts staff 
room are pretty murky on the whole.  But please put forward your 
obviosities.

FWIW, my recollection of the Dementor debate was that the conclusion 
is that neither McGonagall nor Snape were in a position to do 
anything about Fudge's actions.  It turned on whether Fudge could be 
expected to know where the DADA office is.

I also reckon that we have yet to see what *any* of the teachers are 
really about - JKR has dropped some pretty broad hints that there is 
a lot more when answering questions about their marital status.

David