In view of the weekend’s developments, I had to put the piece analyzing the GOP Platform I have been developing on the back burner and ask the following question: “Just what part of this is everyone missing? The “Obama Obama in 2024” Ticket! Why not?

There is no “clear” law specifically prohibiting this, I guess. Surely Michelle would not be opposed to this ticket. A president can allocate as many responsibilities, tasks, roles…whatever to the VP can’t they? Heck, all of them. Why not. That way the Prescient can focus on the important domestic items like school lunch and exercise. Who can forget the “Let’s Move” movement.

I know, know…the 12th Amendment states that, "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. But, I guess it’s all in how we define “is.”

The mere fact that an individual is a former president surely provides ample evidence that the individual had surely been electable at one point. Did the framers anticipate such word-salad, word-smithing? I doubt it.

An July 21, 2024, article in Online USA Today stated “Michael Dorf, a law professor at Cornell University, argued in a 2000 column for CNN that a theoretical ticket of Al Gore and Bill Clinton was constitutionally permitted. ‘ Bill Clinton can serve as vice president, because the 22nd Amendment's prohibition on running for a third presidential term is not a condition of the office of president,’ he wrote. "

The article went on to also note that Gary Nordlinger, an adjunct professor at The George Washington University, Just said no: He did not agree.

I guess the Supreme Court will again be summoned into action.

Wake up, America. Tell me why this cannot / will not happen.”