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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthought 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
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Delmette2.0
(4,482 posts)1. Definitely something to consider.
Any legislation will be carefully worded.
brooklynite
(96,882 posts)2. No.
Denzil_DC
(9,013 posts)3. I always thought the VP choice was based on
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).