Posted on 09/12/2016 6:59:14 AM PDT by Rockitz
Monday on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” ABC political commentator Cokie Roberts offered her thoughts on the apparent health issues regarding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and the how the party could be looking to handle things if a replacement is needed for Clinton.
According to Roberts, there was already conversation within the party about such a possibility.
“The fact that it comes now when the polls are tightening and Democrats are already saying that Hillary was the only candidate who could not beat Trump and it is taking her off of the campaign trail, canceling her trip to California – it has them very nervously beginning to whisper about having her step aside and finding another candidate.”
When asked if that really could happen, Roberts called it “unlikely to be a real thing,” but floated the name of Vice President Joe Biden as a possible replacement.
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Maybe they’ll pull a Torricelli on her. That would be the only way to do it and keep some kind of semblance of order leading into the election.
I just can’t see them shoving her under the bus with her protesting all the way. The optics of that would be horrendous and tear the party apart.
Congress can change the date of the election.
I floated a biden about an hour ago......(sorry)
Biden certainly would out perform Hillary.. he doesn’t have the personal baggage she does... So I tend to agree that Biden would be a tougher opponent to beat.
However, if the D’s replace Hillary with anyone except Bernie, they just rip open the wound still festering with a lot of Bernie supporters who are more than willing to be very loud, aggressive and active in their outrage. I do not think you will see them just get in line, some of them anyway will be showing up and disrupting his rallies and basically have the public watch the DNC civil war continuing just weeks from the actual election...
If the Bernie folks would just step and fetch like they are told to do, I think Biden would be a far tougher foe to beat.. but I do think Bernie supporters will be once again outraged and defiant and angry and active if anyone other than Bernie winds up on the ticket should they replace Hillary....
Now, for what its worth, I don’t see Hillary being replaced unless she dies or goes into a coma....
Sanders, Biden, and Kaine are all losers. The DNC has one last faint hope: Obama - a long shot but might be their best shot regardless of the Constitution which they ignore anyway. Obama has gotten away with a lot of unforeseen violations of the Constitution these last seven years and he and the Left are used to passivity of the Right.
It would be a long shot, but the DNC is desperate and Obama may seem like their only winning shot. Bernie, Biden, or Kaine would be sure losers. They might see Obama as their only real chance right now. And seven years of inaction by the states and the people of the states in the face of repeated and egregious violations of the Constitution have emboldened Obama and the Left to possibly try something like this.
As with other violations, they may try using the “dead letter” defense. Who knows? As long as they go unchallenged, the whole Constitution is up for grabs as far as the Left is concerned.
I actually hope they try it. I’d love to see Trump vs. Obama. I’d love to see someone (Trump) finally take that arrogant, criminal dictator down.
I could be wrong, but I believe the “first Tuesday after the first Monday of every fourth November” is specified by the constitution, so would require an amendment.
Bernie isn’t going to be the Nominee... if anything it will be Biden... and that will just reopen the festering wound for Bernie supporters... and put the Democrats once again in all out civil war with a large chunk of their base a few weeks out from the election.
THe Dems are stuck with Hillary because 1) no one has the balls to tell her no.. and 2) they are too far down the rabbit hole with her to effectively exit.
Unless she dies or lapses into a coma, she’s the nominee.
I meant “second Tuesday”
“Floats Biden?
They don’t know if he’s a sinker or a floater”
There are a whole lot of “Bidens” out at the sewage treatement pond, snd some do float!
IMHO, the order of Hillary replacement: Kaine, Sanders, some other a$$hole.
I know that it makes no difference to liberals/democrats, but how would replacing her even be legal?.
“Hillary is going nowhere and will stay in the race.”
That’s the problem. One would have to rip the presidential seal from her cold, dead hands. She will be chanting “precious, precious” the whole time.
I think there’s two power centers in the Dem Party. Hers, of course, and Obama/Jarrett’s. They don’t particularly like each other, but they work together.
The Clinton bunch wants power for themselves and a dynasty for Chelsea. They’re willing to sell us out to the Chinese (as they did in the 90’s with guidance technology) and the Saudis, but don’t care about ideology.
The Obama/Jarrett group wants power, but has a bigger religious/racial ideological component. I’m starting to believe that Obama sees himself as a racial/Muslim unifier. He seems to support both Iran and Saudi Arabia, even though they have the Shia-Sunni differences. And it’s obvious that whites are low on the Obama scale of preference.
Both are willing to use the resources of the country to their ends, and the Dem Party, along with its dependents and useful idiots, is their means.
I don’t know which is more powerful. The Clintons are entrenched, but their health is failing, and the Obama/Jarrett group has been closer to the levers of power since 2008.
I mean you must be kidding...if you don’t think the Clinton’s RUN the Democrat party...the Clinton’s will decide.
.not the DEM party
Do ya remember the debate with Ryan?
Do ya remember how we all sat here in disbelief at what an a-hole he was and how bad his behavior was?
Do ya remember the next morning when everyone was championing him a great victor and debater?
We need to pray Hillary is in this to the end.
They want answers from her. What makes anyone think she will tell the truth?
...with their head bobbing...?
“Real question, not suitably explained yet, is how the electors will respond. That’s a can of worms being pried open as we speak.”
Lizzy Warren as VP choice. Gets Bernie backers back on board which is what is hurting Clinton right now.
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