[rintense]

Oh the implications are huge. It can't be Hillary appointed because there's no guarantee she would have won. If anything, it would be McCain since votes were cast for him. Hey! Maybe that's why Sarah resigned! She knew she'd be VP anyway! ;)

Seriously though, the ramifications of this are just horrible to think about. The good thing would be BO gone from office. The bad thing would be the crisis afterward.

[NoGrayZone]

Amen! It would just get us there sooner, rather than later.

[Jim Noble]

Oh the implications are huge

Not with regard to succession, they aren't.

Joseph Robinette Biden of Delaware, born in Pennsylvania to two American citizens, 66 years old and resident in Delaware for at least the past 14 years, received 365 votes from duly chosen Electors for Vice President of the United States, and his election to that position was confirmed by the Special Joint Session of Congress convened for that purpose.

So, to answer this question for the umpteenth time, Biden would unquestionably become President if the person who calls himself "Barack Obama" no longer was in the office.

And as far as the further absurdity that, because he was "picked" by Obama (he wasn't) or that the "ticket" was illegal, he was chosen in the proper manner by the Democratic National Convention, and "tickets" or "running mates" do not exist in the Constitution.

[PhiKapMom]

That is too funny — Sarah as VP in the end.