[rahbert]

The Speaker is third in line of succession to the Presidency, not second in line.

How could UPI not know this?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

"How could UPI not know this?"

Wishful thinking.

[AmericanMade1776]

rahbert wrote: The Speaker is third in line of succession to the Presidency, not second in line. How could UPI not know this?

Probably misinformation from Nancy Pelosi, she probably thinks she is President.

[endthematrix]

I think they meant after the President.

[TheBattman]

Civics lesson time:

First in line of succession - VP (Dick Cheney)

Second in line of succession - Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi) - how that pains me to type!

Third in line of succession - President pro tempore of the Senate (Robert Byrd) -hack, choke...

Fourth in line of succession - Secretary of State (Condoleezza Rice)

Fifth in line of succession - Secretary of the Treasury (Henry M. Paulson, Jr.)

Sixth in line of succession - Secretary of Defense (Robert Gates)

etc...

[Prost1]

Syntax...Syntack...Syntaks....

They will eventually get it right...

[ops33]

The Speaker is second in line, behind the Vice President.