emailking
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« on: December 28, 2008, 01:08:23 AM » |
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Sounds like this hasn't been solved at all...
I'll jsut add how I would have thought it goes...not that I know any more here. I thought the cabinet positions were basically permanent until the occupant reigns or until another appointee of the President (possibly a different President) is confirmed by the Senate. I also thought that once President, regardless of how one rose to that position, one is President until the end of the current 4 year term unless re-elected.
Thus, according to my layman's understanding of how things work prior to clicking on this thread, in the scenario put forth Rice (assuming she hadn't already resigned as SoS) would be sworn in as President and would stay President for all of Obama's term unless she resigned. wI imagine she would resign the Presidency once a new House Speaker had been elected.
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