Rahm.
Posted on 08/15/2012 11:53:26 AM PDT by Hojczyk
President Barack Obama has slightly more than 22 days to drop Vice Presidential Joe Biden from the 2012 Democratic presidential ticket, according to lawyers familiar with the party nominating process. That is, Democrats have until September 6 to formally nominate their presidential ticket which will then be qualified for the 50 state ballots.
And it is still possible for that ticket not to include the current vice president, Joe Biden.
"As a sitting president and vice president, Obama and Biden are both considered the Democrats' presumptive nominees and will not be the official nominees until after Charlotte," a lawyer familiar with the party nominating process tells me. "Each party has to file paperwork with each state once the candidates become official nominees. So it's still quite possible for Obama to drop Biden and replace him with someone else and pay no consequences with listing on ballots."
The likeliest time for an announcement that Biden is to be dumped would be just before the GOP convention—around Friday, August 24. This would step on the Republicans' planned buildup to their convention, and would give Hillary Clinton, perhaps the likeliest replacement, a couple of weeks to resign as Secretary of State to accept her place on the ticket, while arranging a smooth transition at Foggy Bottom.
So look for activity around August 24. But meanwhile, here's a countdown clock until the last moment Biden could easily be dropped, the date the ticket is formally nominated, September 6:
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hell no Joe can’t go!
I have a family member that is a big flammiing lib who has some seriouse connections... I do mean serious... I’m not going to say what, who or why... But it dropped some seriouse hints... I don’t care if u don’t believe me...
Ok I will spill some more but that is it... Bidden gaffs are not gaffs they are staged... Just waiting for the outrage from the right to get big enough in order to politely show him the door.. again I don’t care if u don’t believe me
Hillary would have to be a FOOL to outfit herself with a pair of Obama-crete Boots.
Sarah Palin has said that Joe Biden’s controversial ‘put y’all back in chains’ comment should be the ‘nail in the coffin’ for his career and suggested Barack Obama replace him on the 2012 ticket with Hillary Clinton.
She added that she hoped Obama would not take such a step because ‘an Obama/Clinton ticket would have a darn good chance of winning’.
There is virtually no chance of Obama replacing Biden as his running mate and it is doubtful that Clinton, who harbours ambitions to run for the White House in 2016, would even want to be the president’s running mate.
Hillary would have to be a FOOL to outfit herself with a pair of Obama-crete Boots.
Rahm.
Biden should be dropped like a hot turd.
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