How about a Obama/Bill Clinton ticket? :)MSNBC:
Q. “Is the Constitution written in a way that a former two-term president could be elected as vice president? President Bill Clinton running on the same ticket with Sen. Hillary Clinton? Also if this were a possibility and something prevented her from serving out her full term, he then would become president for the third time. Has this ever happened, and if so, when?”No, it has never happened.
The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution says the presidential electors "shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves….”
The effect of this provision is that a presidential candidate and his or her running mate must reside in different states.
Sen. Clinton and her husband are both residents of the same state. A Clinton-Clinton ticket would risk forfeiting all of New York’s 31 electoral votes. (He could quickly re-locate to Connecticut — only 12 miles from the Clintons' home in Chappaqua, N.Y., but that would seem a bit fishy, wouldn’t it?)
If elected president, Hillary Clinton could in theory appoint Bill Clinton to serve as vice president — but only if there were a vacancy in the office of vice president.
The Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution says the presidential electors "shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves….”
The effect of this provision is that a presidential candidate and his or her running mate must reside in different states.
Sen. Clinton and her husband are both residents of the same state. A Clinton-Clinton ticket would risk forfeiting all of New York’s 31 electoral votes. (He could quickly re-locate to Connecticut — only 12 miles from the Clintons' home in Chappaqua, N.Y., but that would seem a bit fishy, wouldn’t it?)
If elected president, Hillary Clinton could in theory appoint Bill Clinton to serve as vice president — but only if there were a vacancy in the office of vice president.
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He could only be appointed Vice President if a vacancy occurred in the second half of the term. He may not run for a full term as Vice President.
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