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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI like the idea of President Biden stepping aside and elevating VP Harris who then can
select a a VP to count the electoral votes on January 6 sparing her a humiliation of announcing her own defeat.
The question is: do these appointments need the Senate approval?
I dont remember whether Ford and Rockefeller required. But, I suppose, current Senate will, unless Munchin and Sinema decide to be hard assed.
sarisataka
(20,990 posts)Section 2
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
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(48,797 posts)onenote
(44,620 posts)by both houses of Congress. Do you want to give the House the leverage to name a replacement VP?
I think Harris can withstand the "humiliation" you fear just as Pence was able to do so. Or do you think she's too fragile?
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(48,797 posts)onenote
(44,620 posts)Why do you think Harris would be humiliated? Do you think she's that fragile she needs to be protected from doing her constitutional duty?
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(48,797 posts)It is I, and million others, who will be sobbing.
usonian
(13,778 posts)Until Americans in large numbers repudiate racism and misogyny, this could be the last chance in many years.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219701239
If she wants to de-certify (Who remembers Mike Pence?) then hang in there.
Otherwise, if she has no such plans, she should be NUMBER 47
onenote
(44,620 posts)Giving her the honor of becoming the first woman president by a gimmicky, back door maneuver. Yeah, that's the ticket for her place in history
DeepWinter
(466 posts)You get a "First" with a ginormous asterisk behind it.
usonian
(13,778 posts)A president is a president for life.
And when will racism and misogyny stop ruling American politics?
When a blinding light (not a nuclear bomb) flashes before millions on the way to Damascus?
Or maybe a real one when Putin finishes what he started in 2015, except that most people say his nuclear arsenal is useless rust.
So he gets his agents here to do it for him.
JustAnotherGen
(33,541 posts)I would welcome it - is because it would mean the Magat Party had wasted a shit ton of money on #47 Merchandise!
AkFemDem
(2,176 posts)says he would consider stepping down. I think he's made it pretty clear he's riding this to the end.
Hekate
(94,626 posts)Its in the Constitution. VP Harris is not unique, and she will do the job.