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| Can Obama Reboot? |
| 2014-11-03 |
| [Politico] "A list of people most likely to replace the departed isn’t easy to draw up, not with the lure of a Clinton campaign, big cash in the private sector, the perception of insularity and resistance to outsiders and the run-of-the-mill reality that winding down a presidency is a thankless, enervating business." Political animals are not "go down with the ship"-types. |
| Posted by:Herb Threamp3807 |
| #14 What CS said. With emphasis on "nominally." |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-11-03 16:24 |
| #13 Um, how would "President Biden" be an improvement? He at least thinks he is nominally American. Can't say that for the rest of the Obama cabal. |
| Posted by: Choting Speaking for Boskone6255 2014-11-03 16:14 |
| #12 Can Obama Reboot? well he does have a reset button somewhere. It didn't seem to work as expected but you know. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-11-03 14:54 |
| #11 Nixonian time line: Agnew resigned 10/10/73 Nixon nominated Ford for VP 10/12/73 Senate confirmed Ford 92-3 11/27/73 House confirmed Ford 387-35 12/6/73 Ford sworn in as VP 12/6/73 Nixon resigned 8/9/74 Ford sworn in as President 8/9/74 Ford nominated Rockefeller for VP 8/20/74 Ford pardoned Nixon 9/8/74 Rockefeller sworn in as VP 12/19/74 |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-11-03 12:45 |
| #10 No---it's a hardware problem. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-03 12:10 |
| #9 The world would have been a different place if Earl Butz had been properly prepared. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-11-03 11:21 |
| #8 VP Agnew resigned. Ford appointed to replace him. Then Nixon resigned & Ford became President. Ford then appointed Rockefeller as VP. Or at least that's how I remember it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-11-03 10:44 |
| #7 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-03 10:41 |
| #6 Biden would have to pick Warren as Veep first. Otherwise the rules of succession still apply. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-11-03 10:34 |
| #5 So Biden resigns (due to health reasons), & is replaced by Sen. Warren, confirmed by lame-duck Senate, and then Obama resigns. Then Warren can run as the incumbent in '16 and for re-election, for a total of 10 years as socialist dictator. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-11-03 09:54 |
| #4 Regarding Biden. Ford wasn't the Vice President and yet he was quickly maneuvered into the Presidency after Nixon's resignation. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-11-03 09:46 |
| #3 Optimistic. There's too much golf left in him, and too much vacationing and shopping for her. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-11-03 08:25 |
| #2 Um, how would "President Biden" be an improvement? |
| Posted by: Nguard 2014-11-03 08:06 |
| #1 Do I smell a resignation, or am I just being overly optimistic ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-03 03:04 |