{"id":83874,"date":"2022-11-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=83874"},"modified":"2022-11-15T06:47:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:47:23","slug":"a-plan-so-simple-john-fetterman-could-carry-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=83874","title":{"rendered":"A Plan So Simple, John Fetterman Could Carry It Off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Douglas McKinnon, in <em>The Hill<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/3728474-heres-a-game-plan-biden-replaces-harris-with-newsom-and-then-resigns\/\">suggests an option for Democrats uneasy about Joe Biden as President<\/a> in 2024 (with emphasis added):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>That reality speaks to the need for a proven vote-getter with lots of money and a logistical machine behind him. In Politics 101, California Gov.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/people\/gavin-newsom\/\">Gavin Newsom&nbsp;<\/a>(D) meets \u2014&nbsp;maybe even exceeds \u2014 those qualifications&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;If the answer is \u201cyes,\u201d the \u201csolution\u201d is really not complicated at all. In one scenario, <strong>Biden could ask Harris to resign and replace her with Newsom<\/strong>, who then becomes the heir apparent for 2024. Or Biden could replace Harris with Newsom and then resign himself, making Newsom the president before 2024 and arming him with the full force of the Oval Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I may just be a caveman, but I see nothing in Article II, Section 1 about the President appointing the Veep under any circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, Mr. McKinnon might be onto something. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden can&#8217;t &#8220;appoint&#8221; a Vice President.  But he <em>can <\/em>appoint his cabinet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here&#8217;s the plan the Dems could use:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternate plan: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Appoint Newsom Secretary of State <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spread the word that Harris, Pelosi and Leahy have dirt on Hillary. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resign. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Await the suicides of Harris, Pelosi and Leahy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Newsom becomes president via order of succession.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>It makes as much sense as McKinnon&#8217;s idea, and is actually (more or less) Constitutional&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;for all that&#8217;ll matter for the next two years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Douglas McKinnon, in The Hill, suggests an option for Democrats uneasy about Joe Biden as President in 2024 (with emphasis added): That reality speaks to the need for a proven vote-getter with lots of money and a logistical machine behind him. In Politics 101, California Gov.&nbsp;Gavin Newsom&nbsp;(D) meets \u2014&nbsp;maybe even exceeds \u2014 those qualifications&#8230; &#8230;If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-democrats","category-stupid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83882,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83874\/revisions\/83882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}