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  1. In Trump’s more coherent dreams maybe. If he has any of those.

    Trump may have a problem finding a credible running mate. I would imagine that anyone with a sense of self-worth would avoid him like a plague.

    Aside from the real likelihood that the individual would be tied to a losing ticket; it is worth noting that Trump fired several of his cabinet members in just four years. He verbally trashed most of the remainder; as well as his previous Vice President.

  2. I’m not quite sure I agree with that logic. While it is literally true that the wording doesn’t require the President and VP be from different states, as opposed to the positive requirement an elector not vote for two candidates from their home state, calling it a ‘quirk’ makes it sound like the writers of the 12th Amendment were unaware or couldn’t figure out how their changes would operate with the original provision. I think that’s unlikely. I expect they did understand that retaining the original language would work to force tickets to be geographically dispersed without adding additional verbage. No ticket would willing give up EVs even if you could Rube-Goldberg a way to elect some one President or VP without them

  3. I may be wrong, but I think that the perception that the president and vice president cannot be from the same state arises from the fact that the two candidates of a political party never are. That’s because you want to have candidates from different states to draw “favorite son” votes from two states rather than just one.

  4. Harris-Newsom and Newsom-Harris are also probably off the table.

    It wouldn’t be a bad thing if California’s 54 electoral votes were off the table and not counted, though.

  5. I would love for Newsom-Harris to be the Democrat ticket.

    Newsom could run on his record. Explain how his dictatorial tendencies, and his fiscal management expertise would benefit the country. Maybe try to explain why anyone who can manage it is leaving his state. (I am stuck here for age-health reasons.)

    Harris could highlight her brilliant intellect as well as her performance as “Border Czarina.” Her debate performance could possibly win a comedy award. Of course it could also trigger a sympathy reaction.

    But the ticket is probably irrelevant, as 2020 demonstrated. Josef Stalin nailed it.

  6. I plead guilty to promoting the meme I believed that there was a rule against it – a rule against EC voters voting for both a P & VP from the same state is close, but not quite the same.
    [Karaoke song in the future: Arctic Monkeys: “Cornerstone” (can I call you her name?). Now I’m listening to “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”.]

    I now agree with Neo’s claim that Trump has been “off” since his Covid recovery in 2020, as well as the stolen election then. It’s a bit sad to me to see how many Reps do NOT want to believe the election was stolen. I also thought there was some 40-60% chance DeSantis wouldn’t run this time (me wrong. Again.)

    I don’t believe DeSantis or any non-Trump Rep will get more than 65 million votes. And I do believe the Dems will try to steal the election, again, with some success in getting more votes counted than they deserve.

    And I’m already tired of the Rep-Rep fighting, but know it’s in the pipeline for the next … 14 months. (July 15, 2024 – Milwaukee, WI)

    Ramaswamy’s 8 year term limits on Fed bureaucrats is the single best politically feasible idea I’ve seen, so I’ll be re-tweeting him on Twitter, tho I’m far more often on substack, and even a bit more on substack notes.

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  8. Sorry Oldflyer, but Vivek is putting himself out there as a possible vice-president. He is totally credible, but obviously isn’t going to win the Presidential nomination. He is nonetheless an attractive VP candidate, being smart, articulate and “of color”. Easily smart enough to keep Old Donald on side. If he spends four good years as VP he would be the frontrunner for President. Otherwise, he has no chance.

  9. At the time, this was to prevent both the President and Vice-President from being Virginians. Very large state, with a lot of leaders with national recognition from the state. Today, it works the same way against California, Florida and Texas, and is probably still a good thing.

  10. I don’t see that the electors must vote for the combined ticket. In point of fact if the ticket were DeSantis/Eller just as a for instance, the electors could elect DeSantis and Trump as VP.

  11. As I read the Constitution, there is nothing to prevent the electors from a state voting for the presidential choice coming from their own state and then abstaining or voting for a nobody for VP. Only party/partisan loyalty restrains electors from splitting their vote. Of course in a weird scenario, that might leave the US with a President and VP of different parties. The imagination whirls, especially if the Senate turns out equally divided again.

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