[Qwinn]

No way.

The Clintons don't want to see any Democrat win under any circumstances. That's why Hillary just endorsed him - she's perfectly aware that he is -completely- unelectable, even less than Dean was, hell, even less than she is.

The Clintons are waiting for 2008. At that time, they will be in an infinitely better position if a Republican is coming out of office and the Democrat field is wide open, then if it's Kerry coming out of office (because, just like Bush for the Republicans, Kerry will be the automatic nominee)

As for the law against Clinton being Veep (not that I think it'll happen, but just as a point of law), the Constitution states that no one may be "elected President" for more than two terms. Now, it depends on how literalist you want to get. If he's elected as a VP, and then the Prez dies, was he "elected President"? If you want to get highly technical, no, he was elected Vice President, not President. If you're looking at the obvious spirit of the law, he was elected into a position that is a heartbeat away from President, which should count as the same thing.

If Democrats were to try this, you can expect them to suddenly become strict Constitutional literalists. For this issue. Then it's back to inventing and destroying the Constitution without a single shred of backing.

Qwinn

[Capitalism2003]

new AOL poll...pops up on the main screen when people sign on...

election held today: Kerry or Bush?

68% Kerry
32% Bush

nearly 100,000 responses...

[Conservative Infidel]

I guess it would all revolve around parsing the meaning of the word "elected." (A la the meaning of the word "is").

[longtermmemmory]

I think the clintons have set up their shadow democrat party with their 527 organizations. It does not matter how the rank and file votes, the clintons are operating under the golden rule, the man with the gold makes the rules.

Perhaps McAuwful is leaving the DNC in order to run the 527's outside the view of the public.

Hitlary and Bill are working to solidify their control. Bush and Rove are working to obliterate the Democrat party.

[StriperSniper]

If Democrats were to try this, you can expect them to suddenly become strict Constitutional literalists. For this issue.

Well, I think there are a whole lot of Americans who will have a '2nd' issue that it will end up being awful hard for them to stop in that case.

[joonbug]

Agree. The Clintons will make sure Kerry runs far to the left and gets beatten badly, leaving an opening for "centrist" Hillary to retake the party in 2008. Much like Bill did after liberal Dukakis lost badly in 1988. The Clintons are not stupid and they want the White House back. And they will stop at nothing to get there.