Posted on 09/12/2016 12:27:19 PM PDT by Signalman
Tim Kaine "ready to become the president" if that ever became necessary, ex-Ohio Gov Ted Strickland says in intro at Dayton Stivers High
go for it LOL
Why would that ever be necessary? According to the MSM and the Clinton camp, she just has pneumonia and will be fine. Nothing to see here.
I’d love for Tim to just come out and say this. Even if he couched it as “not likely needed,” it would sure drive the Clitons nuts.
He would look like an internal usurper and seem completely untrustworthy as her VP.
This kind of weak-kneed behavior by name Dems betrays a lack of confidence in the candidate. Expect the firestorm to grow. But. The Clintons never apologize. Just deny, deny, deny. Remember. A few news cycles of this will bring on a popcorn shortage. Stock up.
Yeah...
People aren’t looking to elect a person likely to die in office.
Run on your own, creepy man.
Insane Kaine has all the personality of a wet fart.
Another hard core COMMIE that few will bother to do research on.
This guy is scary, in more ways than one.
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/295229-tim-kaines-radical-roots
Tim Kaine’s radical roots
Kaine wouldn’t make any sense as the replacement for hillary.
if they gave him the nomination, the dnc would lose all credibility they had left as a legitimate national party.
obviously, the nomination would go to the person who had the 2nd largest segment of support from party members.
bernie
Does Tim have his “Big Boy” pants on?
“I’d love for Tim to just come out and say this.”
Kaine is just dumb enough to do it, too. I think Joe Biden is his long lost daddy.
There’s been confusion and misinformation on filling vacancies in elections. Here are the Democratic National Committee Rules (Article 3) on filling vacancies in elections:
1. Before election takes place:
In Article 3 Section 1, the rules state that the Democratic National Committee has the authority of “filling vacancies in the nominations of the President and Vice President.” This continues in Article 3, which states that a special meeting of the Democratic National Committee can be held to fill a vacancy on the national ticket. Even though Clinton’s name would appear on the ballot, any votes for her would be counted for the replacement named by the DNC.
2. After election and before electoral college meets:
So if a vacancy happened after the general election but before the Electoral College casts their vote, the party can still select a replacement. However, things can become a little unclear at this point because state laws might affect who electors can vote for.
3. After Electoral College vote but before swearing in:
If a nominee dies or has to step down after the Electoral College voted but before the President is sworn in, the Vice President elect becomes the President elect. But even that can get murky. If the change happens after Congress convened and counted the electoral votes but before the Inauguration, then the candidacy would go to the VP-elect. But if the change happened after the Electoral College cast their vote but before Congress convened, anything could happen. Congress could decide the votes were valid and give it to the VP, or they could throw out the votes and give the win to whoever now has the majority, or they could decide no one has the majority and let the House of Representatives choose.
Sounds like Kaine read Alexander Haig’s book.
The vultures are gathering.
We need some Kandy Kaine for President bumper stickers.
-PJ
Okay Teddy. Got it. (Wink Wink).
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