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Anybody well versed on Nixon's presidency with Spiro Agnew serving as VP on his first term and Gerald Ford serving as VP on his second term? Any way to draw comparisons from that?
I don't know how you can unless Biden has to resign due to criminal charges against him.
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I don't know how you can unless Biden has to resign due to criminal charges against him.
is that what happend to Agnew? Before my time so I was just wondering. Nixon is the only president in recent memory that I know of to have more than one VP.
It is just speculation but I can see the upside for both Hillary and Obama. He stands a better chance of being re-elected. He does not want to go down as the first black president, but only having served one term.... Like David Dinkins was in NYC as mayor...
For Hillary, she'd be remembered 100 years from now as the first female VP. If the ticket loses, she blames Obama. If the ticket wins, she goes for the top seat in 2016....
I heard an interesting theory yesterday on talk radio. Biden decides not to run again and Hillary joins the ticket. They say that the problems the country faces are so significant that both of them are needed. She brings all of her supporters to support the ticket and they play the gender card... A historic moment when the first woman VP is sworn in....
Obama is in trouble. This could be the "hail mary" that gets him re-elected...
Some believe this may have been a deal cut in 2008 when Hillary ended her campaign. She serves as VP for 4 years and then runs in 2016. She's 63 now, so she won't get elected if Obama loses and a Republican does well in office and gets re-elected in 2016. In 2020, she'd be 73...
I have a better idea, Perry should pick Palin or her twin loon sister Bachmann as his running mate, game-set-match, Obama until 2017.
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This will not happen. If Obama had of wanted Hillary for VP he would have asked the first time. Hillary fought hard and nearly accomplished it, but fell just shy. I do not believe Hillary would serve as VP to anyone. Didn't she recently say she was stepping down from her position after this term? Like Nita said, I think Hillary is preparing for retirement. Bitter. Anyone notice how angry she always seems to be after losing the bid for nomination in 08'? Look at most of the pictures of her. She looks angry most of the time.
Who knows, but I don't think she will run again, nor accept an offer for VP.
With a Congressional approval rating the worst in history, and far lower than that of President Obama, President Obama is not in trouble. Republicans have allowed themselves to be downgraded by the tea party, having a devastating effect on the country in the process. I'd say the GOP is in serious trouble. The tea party is in serious trouble. President Obama not a failure because you Pubs keep saying he is. He's also not a failure because you Pubs have obstructed him, gotten your way, and shown that what Republicans prefer is not good for the country.
Forget about Hillary as VP. I think the bigger question revolves around who the Pubs are going to nominate to get defeated by Obama. Thus far, all the GOP candidates are pretty damn pathetic.
With a Congressional approval rating the worst in history, and far lower than that of President Obama, President Obama is not in trouble. Republicans have allowed themselves to be downgraded by the tea party, having a devastating effect on the country in the process. I'd say the GOP is in serious trouble. The tea party is in serious trouble. President Obama not a failure because you Pubs keep saying he is. He's also not a failure because you Pubs have obstructed him, gotten your way, and shown that what Republicans prefer is not good for the country.
Forget about Hillary as VP. I think the bigger question revolves around who the Pubs are going to nominate to get defeated by Obama. Thus far, all the GOP candidates are pretty damn pathetic.
I think the GOP could nominate just about anybody at this point and beat Obama. This blame game he and his supporters have gotten away with his entire presidency has run it's course. People just don't buy it anymore. A good leader can work with both sides of the aisle to get things done.
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