Sorry, but the whole premise of the show is stupid on so many counts it is hard to list them, but I will try to list a few:
1. A somewhat misogynistic GOP presidential candidate picks a "moderate" (read liberal) woman as his running-mate because he needed to pick up the women's vote, and this actually results in his winning the presidency, but he doesn't want her to succeed him in the office because they have significant policy differences. This is ridiculous for several reasons, but mostly because the only way a republican candidate wins with a woman as his running mate is if she is a solidly conservative woman, like a Condi Rice, in which case there is no reason to pressure her to step aside.
2. The ailing president tries to convince his VP to resign, which would allow him to appoint a new VP (that the democrats in the senate would certainly block from confirmation). In the absence of a VP, the president pro tem of the Senate is next in line of succession. If a GOP President felt he were about to be incapable of discharging his duties as President, would he try to convince his VP to resign thereby creating a series of vacancies that would put the appointment of his replacement into the hands of the senate where Teddy and Chucky could wreak all kinds of havoc? I think not.
3. The evil conservative Speaker of the House seems to see this as a power play opportunity to move one step closer in the line of succession, but since he comes AFTER the VP, AND THEN AFTER the president pro tem of the senate, he is not going to ascend to the presidency via the line of succession, so the whole nature of this character depends on the Speaker of the House being ignorant of the rules of succession, or at least the ignorance of the audience (but then again with Hollywood that is a given).
4. Geena Davis does NOT carry this role at all. She is simply not believable.
It's so bad it's campy!
Correction: Speaker of the House is 3rd in line; Pro-tem of senate is 4th.
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