American Presidential Election

[Gemini]

If ever I despair of our system, I only have to look at the American one.

One candidate an evil, deluded, criminal idiot.
The other seems a nice man but clearly not up to this job at all.
Neither fit for purpose.

So many Americans must wish they could turn back the clock to Obama days.

[Daisy]

Gem, I despair that either of these men are the "best" their respective parties can put forward. There surely must be good, competent and intelligent people in both parties who would work honestly and in the best interests of their country and the rest of the world. The current scenario is frightening.

[Plantaholic]

It certainly is a frightful and frightening situation.

[Oma]

Only in America can a convicted felon run for President ,🙄
Biden is clearly unwell he should stand down ,
I agree Obama should come back .

I wonder where all Biden advisers are surely they should be voicing concerns when he is so confused , where is his Drs ?
The poor man is forgetful can’t walk and is so confused all the time.
Just last night on the news it showed him struggling to get in his limo , yet they dragging him out day after day.

[Nanto2girls]

I think its obvious neither of the two are up to the job.

[Daisy]

Oma, I read somewhere that some very wealthy Biden supporters have withdrawn their funding - I think George Clooney is one. I don't think Obama can run for a third term as President. I've just had a look at the 22nd Amendment that reads "No person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice." But the newspaper article I read goes on to say:

The theory being passed around is that by replacing Harris with Obama, Biden could circumvent this restriction and allow Obama to run for vice president and then assume the presidency again by Biden resigning during his second term.

It then gets more complicated!

This makes for a good story for a television or a novel but little else. First, I doubt that Biden or Obama would try this. Second, it would likely not work. The 12th Amendment reads that, "[N]o person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice president of the United States." Since the former president would not be eligible to run for president, he is almost certainly barred from running for vice president. One could make an argument that Obama meets the qualifications stated in Article II, Clause 5, since he is over 35, a natural-born citizen, and a resident of the country for more than 14 years. He would be fine under Article II, but that seems a disingenuous argument at best and the courts would likely not support it.

The slightly more plausible theory is that President Biden would only serve briefly in his second term and then resign in favor of Vice President Harris, who then could serve out the term and run twice more. This is possible, but Biden would have to serve for at least two years after being elected again if Harris wanted to run for two more terms after finishing Biden’s second stint. The 22nd Amendment addresses this circumstance as well, and states in part, “[n]o person who has held the office of president, or acted as president, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president shall be elected to the office of the president more than once.”


What a headache!

[WeeGranny]

It's frightening to think that two people who are obviously not in the first flush of youth might have their finger on the button if there was ever a nuclear war!

Biden seems to be displaying classical sign of dementia by denying that there's anything wrong with him.

Surely, there must be better, more able, younger candidates for the Presidency?

[Gemini]

Daisy, one of my American friends, a very intelligent woman, has tried to explain their system to me. To be honest I get the impression they don't truly understand it either!

Since the assassination attempt Trump and his followers are even worse.
God has saved him apparently.

[Gemini]

Joe Biden is standing down. It was inevitable really.

[Daisy]

Gem, he's obviously a poorly man. I wonder why he wanted to run for office again.

[Gemini]

Daisy, I heard he was pushed into it, but we can't really know.

Vice President Kamala Harris is taking his role for now.