If Congress were blown up, you’d have scores of state legislators and Governors running for DC. Other than for candidates weak on terror, there’d probably not be much of a party shift from the prior occupants. 162 Independents ? You’d be lucky to have a half-dozen, and they’d all have to align with a party in order to get a committee assignment.
Don’t expect political reality from Hollyweird.
Another thing, there was a Senator from Vermont, he had retired in the last election and been appointed by the Governor to fill vacancy caused his successor being blown to bits.
He said he served 6 consecutive terms and served in “two cabinets”. Given that the man was still ambulatory, of sound mind, and didn’t look ancient, he must have been quite a young 2 time cabinet member prior to his Senate service. Who were the youngest cabinet members ever? There can’t have been many in their early 30’s. There doesn’t seem to be a list by age.
And the White House staff still seems to be 3 people (that are ever shown speaking or doing anything anyway) and one of them is Kal Penn, who is also a consultant for the show.
Any one of us could obliviously do a better job consulting on political realism than that asshat. It all just rings so false.
Only thing they get points for is having a Dutch surnamed Republican Congresswoman from Michigan, Kimble Hookstraten. She’s the Speaker now, there didn’t seem to be any doubt that would occur despite you know an election coming up. The other surviving Congressman is involved with the bad guys, he’s being nominated for VP (Which in reality Kiefer couldn’t do cause he’d only be acting President IRL) and making him President seems to be the goal of the conspiracy and I have no idea what party he is.