It doesn't seem to comport with PA being a fairly ordinary "Governor appoints successor" and that person serves "until the next general election". I've DM'd Brody on Twotter maybe he can give some details.
Meanwhile, the way his wife r-u-n-n-o-f-t says it's far more than "depression", ie, she didn't want the kids to see him in that febrile state, and it's not like she went to 'mom's house' but instead for some strange reason took them to Niagara -- in the dead of winter? That's potentially, um, disastrous.
PV should be sniffing around that crazyhouse with a fat handful of US Grants and get the scoop, because a FOIA ain't gonna do it.
LOL. I love that line from ‘Oh Brother...’. I use it all the time. ‘I’m fittin’ to RUNNOFT’