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Well, as thebesig noted yesterday, Joe Biden is effectively out of the campaign. So that leaves Kamala Harris as the heir presumptive – unless the Democrats decide that Cackles is a liability and decide to nominate someone else.<\/p>\n
I don’t see that\u00a0 – they’ve already started talking about what a WONDERFUL candidate she will be and able to take on Trump – I guess on her record of accomplishments? I’d laugh at that, but I already see the spin machine whirling up to talk about how great<\/em> she is and what an effective candidate<\/em> she will be…ignoring that conspicuous lack, that pesky record,\u00a0 on her part. Not to mention if they kicked a FEMALE…a female OF COLOR (even if the ‘of color’ part was an actual on-record slave holder!) – to the curb over some better-qualified older white guy….the repercussions would be enormous. So despite her conspicuous lack of both a track record and accomplishments, Kamala is their man – er, woman.<\/p>\n So who will they run with her? There are plenty of lists floating around, and I am going to ignore all of them – do a quick search for “Harris running mates” and you’ll probably get a list longer than the rosters of both houses of Congress and the blue-state governors combined. But there is one I’m going to talk about who surprisingly is eligible, although a poor choice.<\/p>\n Gavin Newsom. Eeew… yeah, not one most of us would choose. Ineffective, ultra left,\u00a0 likes to act like his record of doing so little is an earthshattering lot – yep, Mr. Feckless himself. Consider this – Dems find him a rising star, a young, attractive progressive who believes in the Right Causes. Hmm…. then the counterpoint: traditionally parties ‘ticket-balance’ their candidate with someone opposite, or at least different, from the candidate. Why? Because part of the country may like the candidate – but NO BODY is liked by all and you try to offer a sidekick who appeals to a different lot. Look at Pence to Trump – hell, look at Obama’s polar opposite – old, establishment white, professional pol Biden. Look at Johnson to Kennedy, Gore to Clinton, Agnew to Nixon – almost all from different regions (east coast to west coast or vice versa, Midwest a close second) and Newsom, like Kamala, is from California. But…nothing says<\/em> they gotta come from somewhere else.<\/p>\n But wait, you say…he is the one person we are safe from – can’t have two candidates from the same state.<\/p>\n Well, turns out that ain’t necessarily so.<\/p>\n Article II states: \u201cThe electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Says so right there, huh? Again… not so fast.<\/p>\n The 12th Amendment, adopted in 1804 after two chaotic elections, mandated that electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president. However, the rule preventing an elector from voting for two people from his home state remained in effect under the new system. History.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n So what it boils down to is that electors can’t vote for a Prexie and<\/em> VP from the same state as themselves. One, yes – but remember that technically they vote twice, once for President and once for VP, and in at least one of those, they can’t vote from their own state. Now, two from any other state? Feel free, no limitations there.<\/p>\n Might remember when Cheney was chosen by Bush and there was the big brouhaha about him claiming to be from Wyoming despite not having taken a breath of non-Texas air since the Depression\u00a0 or so? THIS is why – in that closely contested match-up, the Republicans would have had to kiss off Texas’ votes in at least one race – and in the long run they only won by 5.<\/p>\n Think the Dems want to potentially lose all of California’s electors for either VP or worse, gasp!,\u00a0 President?\u00a0 Not in a million years. So we are probably safe from Newsom for now. All the Republicans have to do is make sure they beat St. Kamala-in-the-making and her publicity machine.<\/p>\n Sure makes you wish Willie Brown had kept\u00a0 stained blue suit-pants like Monica did…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"