Sarah Palin and the Presidential Succession Issue

It's something worth considering since there have been nine "accidental presidents" in American history

September 9, 2008 RSS Feed Print
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Most political scientists and campaign veterans argue that, in the end, voters make their decision based on who is running for president, not on who would be No. 2. But asking whether a vice presidential candidate is fit for the nation's highest office is not a pointless exercise. It's a question worth asking because, unfortunately, tragedy strikes more often than many people realize.

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acai berry of 9:30PM May 05, 2010

those who voted for bush in 00 and 04 will surely vote for mccain and palin who will continue bush like policies. as a young person who is being screwed by many of you ignorant and sometimes downright racist conservatives, I am appalled by some of your comments. woul you like us young people to rise up and get rid of social security and medicare to salvage our own futures. would this wake some of you buffoons up to how angry we are with you living beyond your means?!!

young guy who is angry of CO 4:44AM October 16, 2008

Wow..what an idiot! I guess it's the same old fraudulent untruthful democrat way. The correct way to calculate the percentage of "accidental" presidents would be to take the total terms and then divide by how many times the V.P. stepped in. Especially since McCain is only serving one term. You would never use this calculation if you were defending a candidate. You have been totally discredited. Any way you try to "rational lies" this from here just further shows what a fraud you are.

bernie of CA 1:02AM October 13, 2008

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