[heiss]

So can Obama also appoint anybody as the VP. Say, Bill Ayers?

Paterson should be impeached for appointing somebody for the position of Lt Gov.

[Tanniker Smith]

The U.S. Constitution and the New York State Constitution are totally separate animals. I'll give Patterson credit for having the balls to do something, and it definitely seemed to move the Senate. Dems would've gotten control back but Ravitch would have been in charge not ... whoever it is.

By the way, Obama indeed can nominate ANYBODY he wants to should Biden resign or leave, providing that they are eligible to be president and that the Senate then ratifies the choice. That was how we got Gerald Ford.

You want to impeach Paterson for getting bad legal advice? Hmmmmm, where have I been hearing that one.
;-)