But in this case, you are right. It looks like it is a Republican president, with an Independent (no party) vice-president who happens to be a woman. President dies so those nasty Republicans want her to step down in order to allow the "strong male" Republican guy (Sutherland) to become President. BLEH!
I'll tell you what this is, its the lefts pre-emptive shot against a Condi vice-Presidency. They are saying "well, if the Republicans DO run a female VP, she will only be a figure head who would be removed in a minute if the time came!"....
That very well might be true, but it's probably only secondary to the paving-the-way-for-Hitlery scenario.