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In reply to the discussion: How about a Biden-Obama ticket? It can be done [View all]regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)22. But LBJ hadn't served as President before...
...that passage of the Amendment only applies to cases such as LBJ/JFK. If you assume the office on the death of your predecessor, a V.P. can run twice on your own, UNLESS you have served more than half of your predecessor's term, in which case, you can only serve once.
However, to have your election as V.P. certified, you have to be eligible to serve as president in the event your running mate dies or becomes disabled. And, having served two terms as president already, Obama would NOT be eligible.
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That's interesting. I hadn't read the second part of that amendment before.
CaliforniaPeggy
Jul 2018
#3
Yup, the VP must qualify as President... BUT, there's another Obama who's available...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Jul 2018
#37
Pretty sure you have to be constitutionally eligible for the Presidency to be VP.
MrsCoffee
Jul 2018
#6
Ironically this is what Putin did to get around the prohibition to follow yourself.
grantcart
Jul 2018
#11
"Nothing can bring back the hour...Of splendour in the grass" Wordsworth nt
Honeycombe8
Jul 2018
#20
Why would PBO put himself through that again? He had enemies on the left & right.
Tarheel_Dem
Jul 2018
#42
why would Obama do this? I don't hink he would want to put his family through this again.
DrDan
Jul 2018
#46