Bob has put out this prediction and what do we have here? You can listen to Bob’s 7:11 Broadcast where he goes into the chain of events that would have to happen for Obama to become VP.
‘Before someone hurls the 22nd Amendment at me, I would suggest they read it first.’
Howard J. Klein – Wall Street Journal Opinion
Former President Barack Obama in Athens, June 22. PHOTO: ALEXANDER BELTES/ZUMA PRESS
In “Biden’s Only Salvation: A New Veep” (Business World, Oct. 28), Holman Jenkins, Jr., suggests that President Biden should fill the “vacuum” created by his age-related debilitation by naming as his running mate a person of “undoubted forcefulness,” seen by the public as “ready to take over when global events are running out of control.” Loath as I am to give the Democrats any advice, I would suggest that the perfect person for that role would be former President Barack Obama.
Before someone hurls the 22nd Amendment at me, I would suggest they read it first. That amendment states, “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.” There is nothing about running for vice president after serving two terms as president. Moreover, as vice president, Mr. Obama would constitutionally succeed to the presidency—without election—if Mr. Biden were to vacate the office.
What to do about Vice President Kamala Harris? Perhaps she would defer to Mr. Obama if promised the attorney-general post or a nomination to the first available Supreme Court seat.
Howard J. Klein