Posted on 05/03/2020 11:14:46 AM PDT by ransomnote
Desperate times do indeed call for desperate measures. For the Democrats, a truly desperate time could come if Joe Biden is forced to withdraw from the presidential race. While the former vice president is the presumptive Democratic nominee to face off against President Trump in November, his nomination is still far from official.
Some Democrats tell me they fear that Biden’s political survival is getting more problematic with each passing day. They cite three main issues. The first is their concern that an allegation of sexual assault leveled against Biden by former staffer Tara Reade won’t go away anytime soon. If anything, it appears to be about to gain a new life.
Next, they worry that another shoe could drop regarding questions related to Biden’s son Hunter and his business dealings. Lastly, some Democrats are concerned about Biden’s age and possible cognitive issues — a concern that some also have expressed about Trump.
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The process is actually fairly straightforward. If Biden quits the race right before the convention, delegates would select a new nominee. If he drops out right after the convention, members of the Democratic National Committee would pick their replacement candidate.
Who might be in consideration to become the new nominee — and who would be selected as the vice presidential running mate? Several likely combinations come to mind, starting in many minds with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but one particular, truly out-of-the-box combination stops the discussion in its tracks: Hillary Clinton as the nominee and Barack Obama as her running mate.
A ridiculous waste time to talk about this, 0 chance Obongo will play VP especially to the witch.
mark cuban wanted it but he’s shut up for awhile now
could be waiting
Hillary/Romney “Unity” ticket.
Not this sh!t AGAIN
“....Lastly, some Democrats are concerned about Biden’s age and possible cognitive issues — a concern that some also have expressed about Trump......” I can't imagine any “thinking person” watching a Trump/Biden debate more than 3 minutes, thinking that Biden had the mental ability to be President.
Now as to a Clinton-Big Zero ticket. First Hillary would love to be President, it would allow her to trade power for money for the rest of her life. The DNC would love for a Deep State, corrupt, insider like Hillary to be President, which is why they wanted Biden over Sanders. The DNC elite think that adding the Big Zero to the ticket would absolutely cement all the young and people of color to vote for their ticket. So this is something that they would favor.
However, let's be real for a moment. Hillary was in such fragile health during the last campaign, she could not really participate and had to be thrown in a van and carried down stairs. She would not last out her first year in office, and might not even last the campaign. Since Obama has had his maximum 2 terms, there would be a lot of litigation over if that meant two consecutive terms, or if he was excluded because he was Black, or because he was VP and became President after the death or incapacitation of Hillary. A lot of litigation to an unfriendly Supreme Court.
While that would not bother the Democrats, from their perspective is could be a no-big deal. Specifically in the line of who gets to the President, the Speaker of the House can become President if the President and Vice President somehow can't. The elite Democrats believe that they will continue to control the House of Representatives after the November Election, so it might be the ultimate win-win from a party elite perspective.
The only fly in the ointment is the wing of progressives that support Sanders. They are split over their feelings toward Obama and really hate Hillary with a passion. If the Democrats nominated a ticket that had no primary delegate votes, they would once again have been cheated and they would want revenge.
Still, the Democratic Party elite have never really been concerned over anyone else’s opinions but their own.
The amendment is mute on (1) the office of Vice President and (2) whether someone obtains the office by non-elected means.
Gerald Ford, for example, was appointed VP then took office as president when Nixon resigned--never elected. Had Ford already served two terms as president, could he have moved up to president by a non-elected means?
Could Barak Obama run as VP on a Hillary ticket? Yea, I think he could.
Could he assume the office of president upon say, Hillary's death? IMHO, yes.
But, the point is moot, because IMHO Obama won't run for VP under Hillary. He's got money, fame, and is in the history books already. What does he gain by being Hillary's VP?
Oh, please do. Her Royal C-ness would have to go through the wringer for her email server and her lies.
Go for it Hillary!!
Obama is constitutionally ineligible to be ELECTED to the office of president.
The 22nd amendment used the specific term elected.
If a VP assumes the office of president (as in Ford after Nixon), they were not ELECTED president.
I agree that the spirit of the law is that nobody should serve more than two terms, but lawyers deal with technicalities.
There has been talk of Hillary grabbing the nomination at the last minute since last summer.
Of course, then people were talking about a brokered convention due to nobody getting a majority of votes.
But, the party circling the wagons early around the one nominee who couldn’t go the distance in November makes for just as good a conspiracy theory.
That didn't stop him the last time he ran. GW Bush threw out the Constitution after 9/11.
They threw out the Natural Born Citizen requirement. Why not the rest of the requirements.
More mental masturbation.
Dream ticket for Demonrats; Dream ticket for Trump supporters.
HRC only wants a yes-man as her veep: someone who would not challenge her dictatorial rule.
Unpossible
...surprising this gets published in mainstream media, since it’s such a kooky idea. Then again, maybe it’s not so surprising.
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They are out of choices.
All they have left is (another) false flag.
Expect it.
Barack is ineligible. But Michelle is not.
click bait.
Obastard is even more ineligible than he was the first time.
These people are sick.
Yes they would make a stink but the SCOTUS would shut it down. The constitution is quite clear on the matter. Why anyone would even suggest this is puzzling to me. I looked to see if it was a vanity post. Makes no sense.
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