Originally Posted by Muffin
Originally Posted by 45_100
IF and it's a big IF the republicans take the house they will elect a republican speaker so the democrats won't cut sleepy jo and camel toe loose. If anything tney will cut camel toe loose and replace her with sleepy jo's replacement. Then they will cut sleepy jo loose and install the new person. Could be most anyone. Replacing the old with the new won't make much difference until we get some constitutionalist fighters in there ready to stir things up.

Don't forget that if Kamala goes, the replacement is then a POTUS Appointee and subject to Senate Advice and Consent............ AND if the Senate is REP Majority that ain't happening......

There's no way they would leave the VP position open, for the Speaker to step into.....

Especially if the Speaker is TRUMP!

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You raise a great point. If, and it's a big if, the Republicans are perceived as having a real shot of taking the Senate majority, the Ds have a big decision. The first option is to leave things as they are, the current Pres and Vice Pres stay in place. If, however, they plan to replace Joe early they have a dilemma. Wait until after the mid terms and the Rs could vote down the VP nominee, perhaps for 2 years. That could persuade them to move Joe out before the mid terms on the assumption that with a bare majority (the vp vote) they could vote in the preferred VP replacement. The intriguing aspect of that is that if Joe resigns and KH becomes president, they lose the VP vote in the Senate and would have to rely on one of more Republicans to help them out.