Originally published at: Where We Are on July 4th and One Week After - TPM – Talking Points Memo
I wanted to take a moment to share with you, as well as I’m able where I think we are with President Biden, the 2024 nomination and the fallout from last week’s debate. Not where I think we should be but where we are. My sense is that as of this moment the critical stakeholders…
The problem with making Kamala President now is that there is no vice president then. The House is not going to confirm anyone as VP. They would much rather have Mike Johnson as her successor.
Also – I don’t know how this works. Who presides over the electoral count if there is no VP? Is the president pro tem of the Senate? If Republicans take a Senate majority would that then be a Republican?