[yonif]

Arnie can be Mr. Universe, he can be a movie star, a governor of California, even a United States Senator...but he can't be President.

Just thinking....can he be Vice President, and if the Pres. cannot serve, does the order of succession just skip him?

[BlueNgold]

The VP must have the same qualifications as Pres ... so no. However, he can be Speaker of the House, and succeed thereby if the Pres/VP are simultaneously incapacitated. However, I believe that House and Senate rules, not constitutional law, require them to select leaders that are presidentially qualified.

WOW! a DEM saying God Bless .... where are the protests and boos?

[okie01]

"...can he be Vice President, and if the Pres. cannot serve, does the order of succession just skip him?"

From the 12th Amendment...

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

The Founding Fathers had their stuff together...

[Slings and Arrows]

Short answer: No. To what other posters have said, I'll add that the issue was addresed when Henry Kissinger was Secretary of State - the succession would have bypassed him, and gone to the next lower level (SecDef, I think).

[Kadric]

"Just thinking....can he be Vice President, and if the Pres. cannot serve, does the order of succession just skip him?"

No the requirements for vice president are the same as for president.