Was it really Justice Breyer's decision to retire?
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It would be an interesting solution. It would remove the political problem of not wanting to either re-run Biden or nominate Harris for the Presidency in 2024, while at the same time giving Harris a respectable way out of office while also getting her reliable liberal vote on SCOTUS.
However, there are a few problems.
Harris as VP is currently a tiebreaker for the Dems, and they've made use of her frequently in that role with the Senate as closely split as it is. Losing her as VP would create legislative problems and give Republicans a lot more power in Congress until she is replaced.
She might be able to cast a tiebreaking vote in her own SCOTUS confirmation in the Senate as the VP, which is obviously problematic.
It would give Republicans a lot of leverage in the fight confirming the new VP, especially if we're heading into mid-terms.
Biden can't actually fire Harris, as she was elected to office alongside him and is subject to the same protection from being fired from office that he is. She would basically need to agree that this is all a good idea and voluntarily resign, which seems counter to her political aspirations at the moment.
Doubtful that it's even remotely viable, but an interesting thought experiement.
...all those machinations are solved with one very simple solution...
...Vice President Hillary Clinton ....
"Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress." If GOP allow this, I'm for civil war.
...doggy grins"....
Oh yea.
Bad dog! Outside with you
...we have so much snow that when I squat to poop, my butt hole freezes shut...
...howls...
...that's me trying to poop....
I wish we had some of that snow last Saturday when I tried to learn to snowboard and the whole mountain was ice -_-
My bones and muscles felt like the solo in the beginning of this. But after 1:00 I remembered life is good
... and then Joe Biden would never be seen in Washington DC ever again because of the implied ... and pending ... suicide threat.
...he doesn't make those decisions....
Decisions ... what decisions? These are deals at this juncture.
Killery would end him sooner rather than later.
Are Democrats really all that hot for Hillary?
I am not, no. I likely spent more time arguing against Clinton in 2015-16 than most people here.
I am uncertain what role she’ll play, if any. Biden was almost nobody’s first choice, but no Democrat felt passionately against him, which is why he was nominated. But he isn’t really that exciting, and Clinton is very much tied to his era of Democratic politics, which is more conservative than many Democrats are.
Eventually, the party is going to have to start throwing bones to the more progressive side of the party, though even then it’ll be someone more moderate like Buttigieg or Booker.
I do not predict most of the voters would rally behind a woman who lost to Trump in 2016 because of, in my view, largely her own arrogance and entitlement to the Presidency. Especially since it seems very possible that either Trump or a hand-chosen proxy is going to be on the ballot in 2024, and both Clinton and Biden are more likely to excite the conservatives into voting for Trump than a new candidate would.
We’ll see. A lot of time before then.
Thanks for the great assessment. Though I'm not sure the Democrat voters have been getting who the really want any ways. It might be Hillary whether they want her or not. Their primaries have seemed very rigged on the last couple cycles.
Only a leftist could view booty as a moderate.
They’ll never be able to go more progressive. Progressivism is a young minds ignorance of reality (and economics but that’s another thread). Most people ie.voters, left and right, aren’t commies, they’re freedom loving capitalists.
On a side note, we need a massive purge of the University systems. Infiltrated to the core.
...it doesn't matter...they will be "force fed"...
...and like it....
Or they will be Arkansided.
I wonder why they stay Democrats. They are not getting what they want anyway.
You forget THEY DON’T CARE, they announced Breyers retirement without even telling the guy!
Does she even still have a political future?
Maybe they're pulling a Trump, promising Kamala the position so she retires, then they snatch it away ... "we've changed our minds."