Monday, August 06, 2007
Dem ticket
With each passing day it seems the Republican nightmare ticket of Clinton-Obama is less and less likely. Tension between the two candidates apparently is growing to rarely-seen levels. While no one knows how much pride Obama might be willing to swallow to get VP nomination, it does seem unlikely at this time.
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3 comments:
Actually, now that I think about it, Clinton-Obama is not the worst-case ticket. Clinton-Clinton (the full Billary) is the worst case. It would be a landslide winner and would enact the wost-possible legislation. If I'm not mistaken, when Hillary announced her candidacy there were rumors flying about whether Bill could serve as VP. I believe legal scholars were scrambling to determine his eligibility, and I'm not sure any conclusions were ever reached. The difficulty is in the wording of Amendment XXII:
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice...
with the operative question being, if he became president b/c Hillary was unable to serve the office, would he be considered "elected"? On the one hand if he was elected as VP one can argue that given existing succession chain of command, it implies he was also "elected" to serve as president should Hillary be unable, thus barring him from holding any public office that would potentially result in his becoming president. On the other hand, if the language is specific so as to imply only the one exception - that he cannot be directly elected to the office of president - then he's in.
Scary stuff.
The answer to your questions are: (1) there are no Consitutional impediments to Bill Clinton being elected VP, and (2) there are no constitutional impediments to VP Bill Clinton becoming President upon the death or resignation of President Hillary Clinton. Hope that clears things up.
Well it's cleared one thing up: I might need to get an 8-year prescription for mind-numbing pain killers. This way I can't feel the pain as I gnaw my own arm off.