{"id":2289111,"date":"2024-07-04T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-obama-is-plan-c-ticket-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T09:33:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:33:48","slug":"biden-obama-is-plan-c-ticket-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-obama-is-plan-c-ticket-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden-Obama is \u2018Plan C\u2019 ticket &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-obama-is-plan-c-ticket-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2289111&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the \u200bpotential of a &#8220;Plan C&#8221; \u200cfor President Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection campaign, which involves replacing Vice President Kamala Harris with former President\u200b Barack Obama on the ticket. Advocates of this plan believe that a\u200c Biden-Obama ticket would have a better chance of beating former President Donald Trump. Constitutional scholars have argued that\u2064 the \u206222nd Amendment does not explicitly prohibit a\u200b former two-term president from \u2063serving as \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>. While it is uncertain\u200d if Obama\u2064 would accept the vice presidency, this plan\u2064 could potentially boost confidence in the Biden administration\u2063 and provide a strategic backup\u2063 plan for the presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" 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Bedard<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-04T09:26:26-04:00\">July 4, 2024 9:26 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1694594\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>With President Joe Biden today dismissing critics of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3069961\/nbc-kelly-odonnell-rebukes-reporter-comment-suggesting-biden-sleeping\/\" title>poor debate performance<\/a> with former President Donald Trump, a \u201cPlan C\u201d is being urged to help his wounded reelection effort across the finish line first on Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>Advocates of \u201cPlan C\u201d said the solution to Trump\u2019s surging campaign and Electoral College advantage is a simple one: replace Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3069772\/even-if-biden-withdraws-democrats-likely-stuck-with-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> with former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Biden-Obama ticket would have a much better chance of beating Trump,\u201d said legal scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/banzhaf.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John Banzhaf<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-shows-growing-democratic-opposition-to-cheap-labor-migration\/\" title=\"Poll Shows Growing Democratic Opposition to Cheap Labor Migration\">professor<\/a> at George Washington University Law School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarack Obama is probably one of the few persons whom a majority of Americans would want and trust as president, so Plan C might be the least objectionable of a number of very unpopular and dubious options now open to Biden and the Democratic Party,\u201d he said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Forget &#8220;Plan B&#8221; of Replacing Biden<br \/>Instead Consider Plan C<br \/>Let Biden Run With Barack Obama For VP<br \/>Yes, It&#8217;s Constitutional, Say Many Experts<br \/>Public Interest Law Professor John Banzhaf<br \/>George Washington University Law School<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Myt8BieypZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Myt8BieypZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jkJbzmVFd1\">pic.twitter.com\/jkJbzmVFd1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Banzhaf (@ProfBanzhaf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfBanzhaf\/status\/1807607018925982184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Banzhaf cited analysis by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/overplayed-their-hand-dershowitz-rips-dems-impeachment-effort\/\" title=\"\u2018Overplayed Their Hand\u2019: Dershowitz Rips Dems\u2019 Impeachment Effort\">constitutional scholars<\/a> dismissing concerns that the 12th and 22nd amendments bar a former two-term president from the vice presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 22nd Amendment, which is most frequently cited as a bar to Barack Obama ever serving as president again, doesn\u2019t \u2014 according to its carefully crafted and very narrow exclusionary language,\u201d Banzhaf said.<\/p>\n<p>The key sentence in the amendment says, \u201cNo person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice, and no person who has held the office of the president, or acted as president, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president shall be elected to the office of the president more than once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banzhaf said \u201cwhile this amendment may bar Obama from \u2018being elected\u2019 to the office of president again, it obviously and by its clear language doesn\u2019t prohibit him from being elected as vice president, and subsequently becoming president by succession without ever being elected to the office again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He used the same argument to challenge the 12th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the overly precise language deliberately carefully chosen by the drafters, Obama cannot \u2018be elected to the office of the president,\u2019 but there\u2019s nothing to say that he cannot be elected to the office of the vice president, and then succeed to the presidency if Biden becomes unable to perform his presidential duties or simply resigns. In other words, Obama is not now \u2018ineligible to the office of president\u2019 and therefore ineligible to run for vice-president; rather he is only ineligible to be \u2018elected\u2019 to the office of the president, not ineligible to attain the office by succession,\u201d he wrote in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Banzhaf\u2019s email reiterated points he made in a blog post for GWU after the Biden-Trump debate a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>While it is highly doubtful that Obama would want the vice presidency or would take it from Harris, he has been deeply concerned that Biden is blowing his chances of reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Banzhaf said that having Obama as Biden\u2019s backup might give the country renewed confidence in the president. And, alternatively, Biden could run and win with Obama and then resign if he is as ill as some have speculated.<\/p>\n<p>He said that plan would also allow him to break his promise not to pardon his son Hunter Biden from a gun conviction.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than simply offering the public the opportunity to have a second-term Biden president supported and backstopped by a very popular and clearly very capable former president Obama, and having someone with experience and a proven record as commander in chief should Biden not be able to continue to serve at anytime during a second four-year term, Biden might even consider announcing before the election that, if elected president, he would resign shortly after his inauguration so that Obama can then become president,\u201d Banzhaf wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIn addition to claiming that stepping down is the statesman-like thing to do, Biden could argue that resigning would be necessary to permit him to break his promise not to pardon his son, Hunter Biden. Indeed, letting Obama take over would also limit the adverse political fallout of going back on his previous commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1694594\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1694594\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The suggestion of replacing Vice President Kamala Harris with former President Barack Obama as part of a &#8220;Plan C&#8221; to boost President Joe Biden&#8217;s reelection chances is gaining traction. Legal scholar John Banzhaf argues that a Biden-Obama ticket would have a better chance of defeating Donald Trump. Banzhaf also argues that constitutional scholars have dismissed concerns about the 12th and 22nd amendments barring a former two-term president from the vice presidency. While it is unlikely that Obama would accept the vice presidency, Banzhaf suggests that having him as a backup could give the country renewed confidence in the president. Additionally, Biden could potentially run and win with Obama as his vice president and then resign if needed, allowing Obama to take over as president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2289112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Biden-Obama-Ticket-scaled-1024x724.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,5315,33915,7657,32076],"class_list":["post-2289111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-obama","tag-plan-c","tag-ticket","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Biden-Obama-Ticket-scaled-1024x724.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2289111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2289112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2289111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2289111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2289111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}