08-18-2016, 04:27 PM
(08-18-2016, 04:19 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: If not enough electoral votes are obtained and the president & vp are picked by Senate/House, do they pick only from the field of current candidates, or can they pull anyone out of their hat ?
I think they pick from the people on Presidential ballots, but don't have to pick an entire ticket....Possibly would end-up Johnson as POTUS and Pence as VP.
That would be the most likely scenario, with Johnson winning a few states preventing neither Trump nor Hillary getting 270...but would require Trump winning key swing states (a distinct possibility if Johnson pulls a little more support from Hillary's camp than Trump's).
My guess is Repubs are perfectly happy with Hillary winning, and will hope to leverage that into mid-term gains in the House and Senate, then take another shot at her in 2020 when a flailing Obamacare and expected recession will severely dampen her re-election chances.
And interesting development would be, knowing results of the election, if the Senate were split 50/50 the House could appear to "compromise" choosing Hillary (not sure that isn't political suicide, though) with Pence as VP holding the deciding vote in the Senate.
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