[Mr. K]

You must not be old enougyh to remmeber when Spiro Agnew resigned and Rockefeller was picked to succeed him.

[CFC__VRWC]

I was a kid when that happened, but Ford had to have a majority of the House and Senate approve his nomination of Rockefeller as VP.

I'm saying that will not happen given the current crop of Dims, and they will a thousand times never consider approving Condoleezza Rice as VP. Uh-uh, it ain't gonna happen. Bush would have no choice but to recess appoint her, and I can guarantee you the Dims would immediately challenge the legality of that in court, if for no other reason than to delay her taking the office. If necessary, Harry Reid might even hold the Senate in continuous session, with no recesses, just to deny Bush the chance to make an appointment.