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raystwo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Raymond Speer) wrote:
>Here is the Ray Speer amendment that would have been a substitute for
>OTL's 25th Amendment.
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>Presidential Succession
>
>Section 1. In the event of a vacancy in the positions of the President
>and Vice President, the replacement President shall be the Governor or
>chief executive of the State shown by the latest census to have the
>greatest population of any State, and who shares the political
>affiliation of the last-serving President of the United States.
>
>Section 2. If such a Governor is not acceptable as President by reason
>of another provision of this Constitution, the next President shall be
>the first eligible individual who is Governor of the State with the next
>largest population and who shares the political affiliation of the last
>serving President of the United States.
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>The flaw with the Status Quo is that more and more Americans every
>election cycle hate Wa****ngton DC insiders.
Which is why both Presidential nominees,
chosen by the public through primary and
caucus votes, are U.S. Senators, and why
all the governors who sought the nominations
(Romney, Huckabee, Richardson, Tommy Thompson,
Vilsack) were rejected...
There are other issues. Being of the same
nominal party does not necessarily mean
politically aligned. For instance, in 1947,
the largest state with a Democrat governor
was Texas (Beauford Jester). Jester was a
hard-line segregationist, while President
Truman was the one who desegregated the
armed forces.
Also, what if the governor doesn't want
the job? Or is seen as a failure? Getting
elected to a major governor****p proves
nothing - vide Gray Davis.
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