If he drops dead (or drops out) before the election the DNC gets to pick who replaces him. That's where all the speculation about Big Mike taking his place comes from.
I'm mainly thinking about things like procedure and everything, isn't it the secretary of agriculture next in line after VP? They would potentially have to call elections for a second time purely due to the system utterly failing.
There's a clear order of presidential succession, so this isn't a problem. The Speaker of the House comes after the VP, then the president pro tempore of the Senate, then the Cabinet secretaries in order of their department's creation. The Secretary of Agriculture is pretty far down that list.
Realistically it won't go beyond Kackles. If Grandpa ShitsInPants keels over in office she becomes president, and they can't remove her short of impeachment. The president can also fill a VP vacancy, so it's highly unlikely succession goes beyond the VP. It's different if she's just a nominee, because then the DNC calls the shots as I mentioned above.
That's where all the speculation about Big Mike taking his place comes from.
This might be their move. They have to endorse Biden now because if they didn't it would should they either no longer have faith or never had faith in the The Most Popular President of All Time. The left are a prideful group and will never admit they were wrong.
But if Biden dies suddenly, well, like you said the DNC can pick anyone they want.
If he drops dead (or drops out) before the election the DNC gets to pick who replaces him. That's where all the speculation about Big Mike taking his place comes from.
There's a clear order of presidential succession, so this isn't a problem. The Speaker of the House comes after the VP, then the president pro tempore of the Senate, then the Cabinet secretaries in order of their department's creation. The Secretary of Agriculture is pretty far down that list.
Realistically it won't go beyond Kackles. If Grandpa ShitsInPants keels over in office she becomes president, and they can't remove her short of impeachment. The president can also fill a VP vacancy, so it's highly unlikely succession goes beyond the VP. It's different if she's just a nominee, because then the DNC calls the shots as I mentioned above.
This might be their move. They have to endorse Biden now because if they didn't it would should they either no longer have faith or never had faith in the The Most Popular President of All Time. The left are a prideful group and will never admit they were wrong.
But if Biden dies suddenly, well, like you said the DNC can pick anyone they want.