Posted on 08/15/2012 11:53:26 AM PDT by Hojczyk
President Barack Obama has slightly more than 22 days to drop Vice Presidential Joe Biden from the 2012 Democratic presidential ticket, according to lawyers familiar with the party nominating process. That is, Democrats have until September 6 to formally nominate their presidential ticket which will then be qualified for the 50 state ballots.
And it is still possible for that ticket not to include the current vice president, Joe Biden.
"As a sitting president and vice president, Obama and Biden are both considered the Democrats' presumptive nominees and will not be the official nominees until after Charlotte," a lawyer familiar with the party nominating process tells me. "Each party has to file paperwork with each state once the candidates become official nominees. So it's still quite possible for Obama to drop Biden and replace him with someone else and pay no consequences with listing on ballots."
The likeliest time for an announcement that Biden is to be dumped would be just before the GOP convention—around Friday, August 24. This would step on the Republicans' planned buildup to their convention, and would give Hillary Clinton, perhaps the likeliest replacement, a couple of weeks to resign as Secretary of State to accept her place on the ticket, while arranging a smooth transition at Foggy Bottom.
So look for activity around August 24. But meanwhile, here's a countdown clock until the last moment Biden could easily be dropped, the date the ticket is formally nominated, September 6:
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Perhaps Biden is the one with Obama’s real birth certificate.
I hope VP Biden stays so that more and more of the American people SEE the Obama/Biden team for who they TRULY ARE.
In 2007 my liberal friends constantly berated me with how smart and accomplished this a$$ was and how he sealed the deal on foreign policy knowledge.
Now, when they try to start an election discussion, I remind them that they don’t have enough credibility to discuss political candidates.
Health reasons: plugs require re-plugging maintenance.
Where would he get a better? I don’t see volunteers lining up.
Aneurisms have already been mentioned here somewhere today. A good old fashioned stroke would do the job nicely
Drop him for who? I can’t imagine the list of qualified candidates that would want to join Obama’s ticket is all that long. Maybe none.
Hillary Clinton ... no chance. She’s better off waiting until 2016 than hitching her wagon to Obama. If I were her, I wouldn’t touch this campaign with a ten-foot-pole. She’d have to defend Obama’s crap record, risk losing, and then be saddled with Obama when she wants to run her own campaign. There’s just no upside.
I think he’s stuck with Joe.
SnakeDoc
Hillary is a dumb as Biden.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more talentless, empty headed woman in my entire life.
Re: A good old fashioned stroke would do the job nicely.
I disagree, we need Biden to stay exactly where he is. I would be concerned with the sympathy vote that a death or sudden illness could generate.
The only advise I have Joe is to stay clear of Ft. Marcy Park.
Plugs!
Biden is kept for Obama's health reasons.
There is no greater reason for the secret service to keep Obama alive than Joe Biden.
All this conjecture is amusing.
Barack 0bama is the biggest catastrophe to ever befall the United States of America in her history, and there are still people who see the Clintons as a bigger threat.
I think so, too.
Joe knows too much.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082603894.html?nav=emailpage
Yes, you are right...but the Dems WOULD turn out for her. Say your prayers this doesn’t come to pass. If we don’t win this, I’m going ex-pat.
I think they’re stuck with him, unless Joe catches Ft. Marcy Park Flu.
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