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Could Prez Obama be elected speaker?
I know. Its a what if question but could this happen? And would it do any good having him in that position?
Bradshaw3
(7,522 posts)Don't think Obama would do it but as an even more delicious alternative, how about Hillary?
Lochloosa
(16,065 posts)But why would he accecpt?
Now Hillary on the other hand.....
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)I see no reason to believe Obama would be more effective in that position than Nancy Pelosi.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)is so close?
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 23, 2018, 04:18 PM - Edit history (1)
In practice, I imagine that if the Speaker was ineligible or refused the Presidency succession would move on to the President pro tem of the Senate.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)karynnj
(59,503 posts)MineralMan
(146,317 posts)I can't think of any reason he'd be interested in doing that...
Besides, the tradition is that a sitting representative gets that job. The House loves its traditions, so it's very, very unlikely it would change them to select someone who was not part of that body.
Essentially, what you suggest simply will not happen. Not even the slimmest possible chance of that.
How about, instead, spending your time doing GOTV work in your own district?
JI7
(89,250 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Good choice