[El Gato]

This would mean he never ran for office , never choose biden as vice- President, never made any appointments.

It doesn't quite work that way. He picked Biden *before* he ran for office, and technically it was the DemonRat party that put Biden up as their VP candidate.

Under the Constitution the election of President and Vice President are wholly separate. Now every state has the same electors for each office, but they cast separate ballots for each office.

If Obama has failed to qualify, then Biden must act as President until a President shall have qualified. Since the only person other than Obama who got any electoral votes for President, was McCain, it would seem that McCain would become President, with Biden remaining as VP. Just the very situation the latter Presidential election amendments were designed to avoid. But following the Constitution, that's where you get.

[omegadawn]

obama’s “run” for office began almost two years before he was chosen to represent the democratic party. He also selected biden as his running mate before he was confirmed as the democratic candidate . You are partically correct . prior to the the 20th centuary , vice presidents were selected by the electorial college, and were separate from the office of the President. While the electorial college votes for the vice-president ,they do not in effect select him as a candidate. or in simple terms currently the President and the vice-president is a packgage deal. The electorial college has no voice in the selection of the vice-president, this is left up to the person running for the office of the President. obama chose biden when he was running for the office of the president , as obama was and still is ineligible to run for office and to chose a vice-president, both should be removed from office.