Here was the order and now Stevens replaces Bryd in Jan. Don't put it past the Dems to ask Bryd to stand down for the next few weeks.
The Vice President Richard Cheney
Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert
President pro tempore of the Senate1 Robert Byrd
Secretary of State Colin Powell
Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
Attorney General John Ashcroft
Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton; Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman; Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans; Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao; Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Melquiades Rafael Martinez; Secretary of Transportation Norman Yoshiro Mineta; Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham; Secretary of Education Roderick Paige; Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi;
If they can promote a Jew hater, they won't bother asking Byrd to step down. Hell, they'll promote him! Democrat voters aren't very bright.
Since 1947, the president pro tem has been third in the line of presidential succession, behind the vice president and the Speaker of the House.
Bryd as commander in chief????
"Sir, you have to push the button on the football once, and only once... otherwise it will be seen as a malfunction."