Posted on 07/31/2007 5:51:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It is one of the ironies of the 2008 campaign that probably the most popular Democrat and the most electable Republican are both ineligible to run for the presidency. The 22nd Amendment bars Bill Clinton from a third election to the office of president, while the original Constitution renders Arnold Schwarzenegger ineligible for the presidency because he is a naturalized rather than a "natural-born" citizen.
But what about the second position on the national tickets? Could the Republicans and Democrats avail themselves of the charisma and experience of these two leaders by nominating them for the vicepresidency? (Please e-mail your clever double-entendres to the address below.)
Let's start with Gov. Schwarzenegger. Fearful of foreign influence over the new nation, the framers of the Constitution included in Article II, Section 1 the directive that "no person except a natural born Citizen ... shall be eligible to the Office of President." They said nothing about the citizenship of the vice president. Thus, under the original Constitution, Schwarzenegger could have been elected vice president, but he could not have ascended to the top job on the death or removal of the president.
This anomaly was but part of the framers' incomplete explication of the vice presidency -- a failing that has manifested itself in a variety of forms, from John Adams' lament that the Constitution created "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived" to Dick Cheney's assertion that he occupies an office that stands apart from the three branches of U.S. government.
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He could run with Bloomberg. They would likely take California and maybe New York.
John
DGIH, it would be easier to find a cure for herpes than answer the Bill Clinton as vice president question these academic warts threaten us with. What we need is a clinton/activist professors immunization shot. They’re both killing me.
If Bill is Hillarys choice for VP - two things:
1) Both will be looking over their shoulder and Bruce Lindsay won’t know who to work for.
2) The VP’s home will become a brothel.
As the Vice President was originally the candidate who came second in the EC vote for President, the prof's loophole didn't apply
*elected*. Say....Obama ran with hillary as her vp running mate. Say..it’s just two days before the elections, and some unfortunate situation forced Obama to drop out (Spiro Angew, anyone?) at the last minute. Could she name bill as her new running mate? Or another scenario, could hil/obama be elected, obama is forced to step down shortly after the election. Could hillary name bill as her vice president?
This could use a “barf” alert.
they forgot about that part... didn’t they? lol
an environmental law graduate from Berkeley... that explains the stench of stupidity all over this diatribe.
“he is merely ineligible to be *elected* President.”
“Which means he can’t be president. The word elected does not mean what you think it does.”
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