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TreadSoftly

(219 posts)
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 12:07 PM Jan 2021

thought question: picking the VP -- will 25th capability be a consideration in future selections?

Just a question. Given what has happened this month (and the last four years) ... will there be harsher focus on the VP choices?

Pence perhaps was not capable of seeking a 25th amendment, temperamentally and yes, the groveling. And I am certain that VP Harris will act accordingly should it become time to take away the car keys.

What of the future? Will the VP selection become a hotter issue for party officials than in the past? Or the opposite, where a party prefers someone less likely to execute a 25th action?

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thought question: picking the VP -- will 25th capability be a consideration in future selections? (Original Post) TreadSoftly Jan 2021 OP
Definitely something to consider. Delmette2.0 Jan 2021 #1
No. brooklynite Jan 2021 #2
I always thought the VP choice was based on Denzil_DC Jan 2021 #3

Denzil_DC

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3. I always thought the VP choice was based on
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 01:06 PM
Jan 2021

who might look like a capable replacement if anything happened to the president, or somebody so scary that it would give any would-be assassins second thoughts (e.g. Cheney for Bush II).

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