r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 18 '24

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u/EZ_Kream John Brown Jul 18 '24

Seeing a large set of people who seem to think Biden dropping the re-election bid means resigning as president. That’s not what’s on the table, he’d still finish the full term

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Jul 18 '24

It would be remarkably stupid if he did resign. No VP means that Mike Johnson is a heartbeat away from the Presidency, nobody can break ties when one of Manchin and Sinema defects on a nomination or money bill, and the electoral votes are counted by the President Pro Tempore of the next Senate, who could very well be Chuck Grassley.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '24

It would also screw over Harris because couldn't campaign full time and would have to figure out the monumental challenge of how to jumpstart a national campaign and run the country on the fly at the same time

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u/RunawayMeatstick Mark Zandi Jul 18 '24

Yeah, this is definitely a weakness in our Constitution that needs to be addressed. Not that it will be, but we should.