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Miigwech

(3,741 posts) Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:29 PM Mar 2020

Mr. V.P. Biden, please pick Obama as your running mate!

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Only fellow progressives understand how he could do such a power share ... trumpers have no sense

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Mr. V.P. Biden, please pick Obama as your running mate! (Original Post) Miigwech Mar 2020 OP

no eShirl Mar 2020 #1

pick Cuomo as secretary of something important Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #2

IIRC, one must be eligible to be elected POTUS to be elected VP, and Obama is not eligible RockRaven Mar 2020 #3

Michelle!! aeromanKC Mar 2020 #4

It's not clear that the Constitution would even allow that. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #5

No- Presidents can only serve two terms Marrah_Goodman Mar 2020 #6

It's a gray area. The constitution does not say presidents can only serve two terms... thesquanderer Mar 2020 #9

Pick a qualified woman. milestogo Mar 2020 #7

With respect, no. KentuckyWoman Mar 2020 #8

After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Mar 2020 #10

eShirl

(20,421 posts)

1. no

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:29 PM

Mar 2020

Supreme Court

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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)

2. pick Cuomo as secretary of something important

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:30 PM

Mar 2020

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RockRaven

(19,749 posts)

3. IIRC, one must be eligible to be elected POTUS to be elected VP, and Obama is not eligible

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:32 PM

Mar 2020

anymore because of his 2 POTUS terms.

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aeromanKC

(3,963 posts)

4. Michelle!!

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:33 PM

Mar 2020

Biden/Obama 2020.

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The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,216 posts)

5. It's not clear that the Constitution would even allow that.

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:34 PM

Mar 2020

The result would be unnecessary controversy and litigation, which we really don't need right now. And it's almost obscene to ask Obama to sacrifice himself again. He deserves to have a life after eight years of what must be the worst job on earth - and the same goes for Michelle. It will not happen. Nor will Cuomo, Oprah, or any of the other ridiculous suggestions that have been thrown around here, all of which are in effect outright insults to the highly qualified women who are already on his short list.

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Marrah_Goodman

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6. No- Presidents can only serve two terms

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:38 PM

Mar 2020

The main reason for having a VP is for them to become President in case of the death of the President.

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thesquanderer

(13,105 posts)

9. It's a gray area. The constitution does not say presidents can only serve two terms...

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:58 PM

Mar 2020

...reather, it says they cannot be ELECTED to the office more than twice. If Obama were elected to the office of VP (not President), but then was elevated to the position of president through other circumstances, that is not literally prohibited by the language of the amendment.

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milestogo

(23,200 posts)

7. Pick a qualified woman.

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:43 PM

Mar 2020

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KentuckyWoman

(7,417 posts)

8. With respect, no.

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 05:55 PM

Mar 2020

We fortunately have a wealth of good talent in the party. No reason to reach back.

Besides, Obama did his service.

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Omaha Steve

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10. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING

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Fri Mar 27, 2020, 09:51 PM

Mar 2020

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