[Joe 6-pack]

"If Obama isn't president, then McCain is. And Sarah Palin is vice president."

Nope. The electoral college holds two separate and independent elections for POTUS and VPOTUS and arenot bound to elect by ticket. Theoretically, the Electoral College could have given us Obama/Palin or McCain/Biden. Biden is the legitimately elected VPOTUS, and unlike his running mate, is Constitutionally eligible for the office.

[MrB]

The electoral college holds two separate and independent elections for POTUS and VPOTUS

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Great bit of info, that.

[ClearCase_guy]

Excellent point about the Electoral College. But my question would be -- how were those electors chosen to be there for that vote? The popular vote put the electors in place. Those electors voted for Biden as VP, but since the popular vote was tainted, the identity of the Electors really should have been different.

It may be a "standing" issue -- Did those electors have standing to vote for either the president or the vice president?

[DYngbld]

The electoral college holds two separate and independent elections for POTUS and VPOTUS and are not bound to elect by ticket.

I was unaware of this fact. If Biden was voted in as VP then he would become the Pres, and thus select a VP. All in all it would be interesting to see how things would play out. I fear all of this will get ignored and quietly and quickly forgotten.