Thank you.
Why would one seek the office of president, if not to hold that office?
Ask Ralph Nader. ;)
Or anyone else who has run for office of President who never stood a snowball's chance in hell of actually being elected and knew it.
Are you old enough to remember Pat Paulson's runs for President?
But that's all beside the point. The point is, there's nothing in the Constitution or federal law which restricts who may seek the office. Only who may actually hold it.
To cause a constitutional crisis? To cause civil strife? Any ideas?
I'm sorry, but I'm just not seeing the constitutional crisis or civil strife angles here. What exactly are the scenarios you're seeing here?
Maybe a Paulson for publicity, or a Nader to make a point, but Obama has as much of a chance to become president as did Ross Perot or Theodore Roosevelt in their respective three way bids. Each could have been president.
So, what do you think would be the motivations of a person to spend millions of dollars and a great amount of time to pursue an office they couldn't hold?
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