Plan B

[Zam-Zam]

The DNC is preparing - you know, "just in case"- a back-up plan:

A former Democratic National Committee chairman says President Barack Obama and the party’s congressional leaders should immediately come up with a process to identify a potential successor candidate for Hillary Clinton for the off-chance a health emergency forces her out of the race.


“Now is the time for all good political leaders to come to the aid of their party,” said Don Fowler, who helmed the DNC from 1995 to 1997, during Bill Clinton’s presidency, and has backed Hillary Clinton since her 2008 presidential bid. “I think the plan should be developed by 6 o’clock this afternoon.”




Fowler said he expects Clinton to fully recover from her bout with pneumonia, which forced her to leave a Sept. 11 memorial event early and cancel an early-week fundraising swing. But he said the Democratic Party would be mistaken to proceed without a contingency plan. The party's existing rules empower the DNC to name a replacement candidate but include few guidelines or parameters.


Complete text: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/hillary-clinton-health-replace-contingency-228037


Probably a prudent move. I'm not sure that I remember a situation quite like this in my lifetime.

 

[Lukey]

Probably Joe Biden. Kaine is a verifiable commie radical they snuck on the bottom of the ticket and won't make it to the top for that reason. It is almost as unbelievable as them handing the nomination to Bernie Sanders. So it will have to be Joe.

 

[Zam-Zam]

Probably Joe Biden. Kaine is a verifiable commie radical they snuck on the bottom of the ticket and won't make it to the top for that reason. It is almost as unbelievable as them handing the nomination to Bernie Sanders. So it will have to be Joe.

Should it come to that, it would seem almost anyone the DNC would select is quite likely to have less baggage and a higher favorability rating than their current candidate. This could actually work to the Democrats benefit, which I imagine is a fact not lost on many within the party.

 

[Deleted member 21794]

Probably Joe Biden. Kaine is a verifiable commie radical they snuck on the bottom of the ticket and won't make it to the top for that reason. It is almost as unbelievable as them handing the nomination to Bernie Sanders. So it will have to be Joe.

This makes me wonder if the fix hasn't been in from the start, going by Biden's speech announcing he wasn't running- which sounded an awful lot like a guy who was running.

I still maintain Barack Hussein Obama doesn't want Hillary as president. If she becomes president, he and Michelle move down to #2 on the totem pole. I don't think a fragile egomaniac like Barack Hussein Obama takes that lightly.

 

[Lukey]

This makes me wonder if the fix hasn't been in from the start, going by Biden's speech announcing he wasn't running- which sounded an awful lot like a guy who was running.

I still maintain Barack Hussein Obama doesn't want Hillary as president. If she becomes president, he and Michelle move down to #2 on the totem pole. I don't think a fragile egomaniac like Barack Hussein Obama takes that lightly.

I always liked Joe, at least until he became the closet Marxist's hand maiden. His recent speeches sound pretty left wing but I always before thought of him as a moderate. He could conceivably step in now and win my vote, but he'd have to renounce the (failed) Obama agenda and start sounding more like Bill Clinton than Hillary for that to happen.

 

[Deleted member 21794]

I always liked Joe, at least until he became the closet Marxist's hand maiden. His recent speeches sound pretty left wing but I always before thought of him as a moderate. He could conceivably step in now and win my vote, but he'd have to renounce the (failed) Obama agenda and start sounding more like Bill Clinton than Hillary for that to happen.

I honestly don't know much about him. Him being from Delaware, I'd be curious to hear his views on bank regulation. I suspect I might be at least partially pleased with what he would say if he did so candidly.

I believe it would take quite a metamorphosis for him to separate himself from the Obama cartel on such short notice.

 

[Zam-Zam]

This makes me wonder if the fix hasn't been in from the start, going by Biden's speech announcing he wasn't running- which sounded an awful lot like a guy who was running.

I still maintain Barack Hussein Obama doesn't want Hillary as president. If she becomes president, he and Michelle move down to #2 on the totem pole. I don't think a fragile egomaniac like Barack Hussein Obama takes that lightly.

I'm not much of a believer in conspiracy theories myself, and I personally doubt that, in the event Hillary does step aside, that Biden becomes the candidate. To me, the most likely and logical choice would be the person who's already been campaigning, and that's Citizen Kaine. I've been wrong before, however.

I would add that I think it is unlikely that Hillary would voluntarily step aside unless her health situation became absolutely untenable. Even then, I'd expect a fight. I did find it noteworthy that a former DNC chairperson felt that this precaution is necessary. I also find it noteworthy that Ms. Clinton is able to keep her medical records "top secret" and yet has been unable to secure classified email. Priorities, I imagine.

 

[Dawg]

Probably Joe Biden. Kaine is a verifiable commie radical they snuck on the bottom of the ticket and won't make it to the top for that reason. It is almost as unbelievable as them handing the nomination to Bernie Sanders. So it will have to be Joe.

Bernie was second in votes...........second runner-up should get spot..........of course they already bought Bernie a third home at a cost of $600,000, so he probably doesn't want the spot.