However, the repeated comments about things Hillary did while first lady, and how they "didn't work out", was kind of funny.
Yes, I wasted an hour of my life watching the re-run of this show. It's no West Wing. I can't get past the premise (not of a female VP, but the rediculous suggestion that 1) A republican would pick an independent VP, 2) That either party would pick a VP with the idea that they would NEVER be president, or 3) that the american people would be stupid enough to fall for it.
Or that, assuming we DID 1-3, that this discussion about resignation wouldn't have been held the first day of the new administration, that the person picked would have been on-board with the idea, and most likely they would have already had the resignation.
OK, I know it is just TV. But the idea that she waits a day, but is going to address a joint session of congress, to show there is nothing to see so the markets aren't spooked neglects the idea that on Sunday there are markets open throughout the world.
Also, I'm pretty sure we would be a defcon 1 when the president dies, as a matter of course, just to make sure nobody messes with us.
Also, the VP shouldn't be able to order troop movements until she was temporarily made President by invocation of the 25th amendment, which they didn't do.
I don't like the politics of the west wing, but I like watching it because it seems vaguely plausible, (as much as a TV show could be). I don't even KNOW the politics of this new show yet, and I already can't watch it because they have broken my credulity. Same reason I stopped watching 24, it just became unbelievable (I came back this year because they fixed it).
On the "bombing", I just learned about it here at about 11:50pm EDT, and there was absolutely nothing I could find on TV so I assume that it wasn't what we all know is coming, the start of mass bombings in our country.
Actually that was pretty common until the last few decades. I doubt Ike thought of Tricky Dick as Presidential timber. And before that, well FDR picked this little hat salesman from Missouri for his second VP. VPs were picked to "balance" the ticket, or gain support from some region or the other. I doubt much thought was ever given that the VP might take over via death of the President. Running later on their own was also not as common as it is today.