[Verginius Rufus]

The Constitution doesn't say that the President and Vice President can't be from the same state. It just forbids electors from casting both of their votes for people from their own state (which is why Dick Cheney had to re-establish his Wyoming residency in 2000, or the Texas electors would not have been able to vote for both Bush and him).

A party could nominate two people from the same state if they were willing to write off the electoral votes from that state for the VP candidate, and if someone was appointed to the Vice Presidency the residency rule would not be an obstacle.

[doug from upland]

Thanks for the reminder. I should have addressed the question of the electors. Clearly, Billy Boy would have to move from New York, which is second to California in electors. If he were in Alasks, it might be a different story.