Forget the gossip. Hillary wan't be Bloomberg's running mate

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

even if he does get the nomination. They are both from the same state. While there is no specific law saying that the president and VP can't be from the same state, the Constitution prevents electors in the Electoral College from voting for a president and vice president who are both from their home state. In a close election that could matter, so no candidate is going to take the risk.

The Constitution says "The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves." The 12th Amendment created a separate ballot for vice president but didn't change the rule of not being able to use both votes on a person from an elector's home state remained in effect. So if the Bloomberg/Clinton ticket won, New York's electors could vote to make Bloomberg president, but not to make Clinton vice president (or vice versa). New York has 29 electoral votes. If those 29 electors couldn't vote for Clinton as VP, the Electoral College would vote to elect the new president but not elect the vice president. If so, the election of the next vice president goes to the Senate, where each senator would get one vote. If that vote is tied, maybe the sitting VP breaks the tie. Or maybe the Electoral College would vote to elect a new vice president and not a president. In this case, the majority of the House would decide.

In any event, the possibilities are too risky. Nobody is going to want to take that risk, especially in this election.

[FarPoint]

1. This is totally gossip...

We have to focus on actually selecting a a candidate...so all this speculation hot air. well, it is the tRump style of campaigning. . To be honest..I'm sick of anything Trump like...m

[Squinch]

2. What??? Matt Drudge published something that might not be true??? Horrors!!!1!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. LOL. I do like it that this gossip might get Fat Nixon's huge shorts in a bunch, though..

[Squinch]

5. Me too! I suspect there are going to be a lot of very entertaining moments in Bloomberg's campaign.

[thesquanderer]

4. Bush and Cheney were both from Texas. So Cheney changed his legal residence to Wyoming.

Similarly, the Clintons already own at least one home outside of New York, so they could easily do the same.

[Laelth]

6. I don't believe the gossip, but ...

I am reminded of Bush and Cheney in 2000. The Courts, it seems, are bound and determined to ignore this particular constitutional rule. It's a "political question," they have said, and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals out of New Orleans refused to enforce this rule when Bush/Cheney were selected. The case never made it to the Supreme Court.

-Laelth

[krissey]

7. Ok. But, wouldn't it be fun, they won and Bloomberg stepped down and gave Presidency to HRC? Lol.

[ismnotwasm]

8. Hell no.

[marlakay]

9. That gossip you are talking about

Is in the news today on politico that Mike is thinking of moving residence to Colorado or Florida where he already owns homes.

I think its a bad idea because Bernie’s people are already not going to want to vote for Mike and if you put Hillary in the mix again you may get last times results no matter how much money he spends.