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To: getitright; LS
President and Vice President shall not be from the same state. Looks like it is Prohibited in the 12th Amendment.

What say you Professor?

Newt and Cain are both residents of Georgia.

I believe that Cain will need an “insider” as Vice President to assist him in the intricacies of legislation. John Thune of South Dakota would fit this prescription.

125 posted on 10/13/2011 9:14:57 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
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To: CPT Clay

RE: Newt and Cain are both residents of Georgia.

Newt spends most of his time in the VA/DC area anyway. For this purpose ( that is IF he and cain are a tandem ), he might want to officially shift residency ( as Dick Cheney did in 2000 <— he was living in Texas then ).


135 posted on 10/13/2011 9:21:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (u)
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To: CPT Clay

I’m pretty sure Newt Gingrich is officially listed as a resident of Virginia.


172 posted on 10/13/2011 9:51:42 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: CPT Clay

Newt Gingrich: Gingrich has lived full-time in a McLean, Virginia, home outside of D.C. that he and his wife, Callista, bought in May of 2000

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2792206/posts


181 posted on 10/13/2011 10:02:27 AM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: CPT Clay
Gingrich is now a resident of Virginia so the 12th Amendment is a moot point.

Additionally, the 12th Amendment says that the electors of a given state cannot cast their votes to more than one person in their state. So it would apparently only apply to the one state - the other 49 states would be able to vote for the two candidates even if they are from the same state, just so long as it is not their state.

That said, it's probably not a good idea to run two people from the same state because it could make the difference in the election, depending on how many electoral votes that state has.

193 posted on 10/13/2011 10:26:59 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: CPT Clay
>> I believe that Cain will need an “insider” as Vice President to assist him in the intricacies of legislation. John Thune of South Dakota would fit this prescription. <<

NO Thune! He shouldn't have been renominated for a second term, let alone given a promotion after his back-stabbing.

259 posted on 10/13/2011 7:08:44 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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