Thank you. I have idly wondered about this for years. I tend to think the Supreme Court would vote against it, but a reasonable argument can be made either way. Thus, it would be a perfect Supreme Court case. Or a bar exam question.

I don't think Obama would even want to be a VP. He doesn't have any of that mindset that he is the only one who can get things done. He has faith in the party. And the White House has already taken years off of his life.

It would also create a weird dynamic between the two of them. It would be easier for him to be the VP of a different presidential candidate, except that I can't see him doing it at all.

But this question is always interesting to mull over. I wonder if there are law review discussions on it.

 

Yes, there is a law review analysis. Very thorough, exploring the idea through lenses of different moments in the nation's history. Their conclusion is that it would not be unconstitutional.

I still say it could easily go either way.

https://web.archive.org/web/2013011....edu/~peabody/Twice_and_Future_President.html

 

I isn’t like I would want this to happen. I was just curious if it could.


The truth is out there

 

Me, too. It's just an intellectually interesting thing to think about.

 

And this is the guy we're supposed to believe is the only one who can beat Trump?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/05/politics/joe-biden-cnn-interview/

"He also said he didn't expect to be faulted on issues of race, given his record on civil rights.

"I was prepared for them to come after me, but I wasn't prepared for the person coming at me the way she came at me," Biden told Cuomo on Thursday evening in Iowa, adding that he felt that way in part because he knew Harris well and Harris knew his late son, Beau Biden, too."


^^Still unable to admit his position was wrong. Cannot believe someone who knew his son would confront him IN A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

He even still talks about punching Trump. Not beating him in a debate, punching him.

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kris-...ce-misspells-own-first-name/?via=twitter_page

Kris Kobach Enters U.S. Senate Race, Misspells Own First Name

 

Erik Swalwell just dropped out
https://politico.com/2020-election/candidates-views-on-the-issues/eric-swalwell/


The truth is out there

 

All the Democrats who drop out should immediately put in for the Senate if there is a chance to turn a Republican seat.

 

If a VP became president after the death or resignation of a president he or she could then still be elected twice to the office. So the flipside would work as well, filling out the remainder of a term. But I agree that if it became a legal issue it could go either way. I don't believe though that the amendment precludes it.

This sort of thing wouldn't interest many ex-presidents though. If you had a time of a great national calamity it would be good move to bring experience to the table and instill more confidence in the nation.

 

I really don't understand why so many people are running, particularly the ones who are just House Reps. How do they think they're going to get any traction in such a large field? Plus they just don't have the experience. The whole thing is bizarre.

 

That's what I feel Buttigieg's goal was from the start, to get his name out there for the future, not just nationally but maybe even on the state side in Indiana. House Reps though just don't make the jump from district level to the presidency in the modern era. And with so many in this race it sort of defeats the purpose for them. The worst ones are the more recent candidates that jumped in like Moulton and Sestak.

 

Yeah well, Trump went from reality show host to president.

(not saying I disagree, just making the obvious joke)

 

Ugh, AOC being president scares me. LOL

 

Isn't he the one with those impeachment commercials?

 

This is becoming a circus.