On Monday, 19 March 2018 5:06:42 PM AEDT Rick Moen via luv-talk wrote:
Quoting Russell Coker (russell@coker.com.au):
The common practice in Australian politics is to have the "Deputy PM" be someone who supports the PM but lacks the power to mount a credible challenge. Likewise in Westminster, if memory serves.
I've heard that the practice in China is similar. It's not an issue of the local political process but of game theory strategy.
In the case of Pence, I doubt that he would be likely to win a Congressional popularity contest, it's possible that he would do worse than Trump. Paul Ryan might not be the most likely, but he seems a much better candidate. You may already know this, but just to be clear: If the US President dies
Oh yes. My point is that if you had Pence as Deputy PM under a system like ours then I don't think he would have much chance at the top job.
cooperate in all matters in exchange for reduced charges. Then, with the underling wearing a wire and/or revealing all past communications with peers and higher-ups, he pursues another persion slightly higher up the food chain. As it happens, Pence was among other things in full charge of the transition team coordinating the incoming Administration's affairs between the election results and the inauguration, so there is high likelihood that he was _deeply_ involved in the Trump people's unlawful activities at that time, and possibly also afterwards. All it would take for some damning evidence to emerge, and Pence could be ruined.
If Mueller gets sufficient evidence on Trump to compell impeachment would he keep working on making a case against Pence or would he just go for Trump?
People make the mistake of thinking Mueller isn't making progress because they are unaware that almost all the public fireworks always occur right at the end of the case.
Yes. Trump wouldn't want to shut him down unless he expected something to happen. ;) -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/