Ah I see you may be right. My first thought was that line in 12th amendment would prohibit it.
We don’t know how a court would rule, if I were a judge I’d stick to the plain text of the constitution which does not appear to prohibit this.
I doubt we will ever cross this bridge. I don’t see Hillary wanting Bill as a running mate, with that kind of Imperial type stuff the negatives would outweigh any positives.
I do think she may launch a primary challenger though if Obama looks like a likely loser around the middle of 2011. I think she would wait to pick her running mate until she wins (if she wins). Although Reagan picked his running mate (a RINO Senator) early in his race against Ford. The move didn’t go over well at all, it may have ever hurt Reagan’s chances. 4 years later Teddy Kennedy did not name a running mate in his challenge to Carter.
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Happy New Year to you all, let’s roll in 2010!!!!!!