Thanks for the laugh.

He and Cheney both lived in Texas, but because Cheney rented an apartment in Wyoming that he never spent a day in, the Supreme Court gave him a pass.

The issue never came before the court.

On the ticket NATION-WIDE the presidential candidate and the vice-presidential candidate must reside in different states.
So, the presidential candidate (both parties) can 'never' pick someone from their state of residence to be their running mate.

If Palin's state of legal residency at the time of the election (or it might be at the time of officially registering to run) is Arizona then she can pick anyone from any state other than Arizona.

If her legal residency is still Alaska, and the Arizona home is considered her 2nd home or her campaign headquarters and not her legal state of residency, then she will not be able to pick anyone from Alaska to be a running mate.

It's just that the Arizona electors could not vote for a president from Arizona and a vice president also from Arizona. They could vote for Palin and then someone else from another state (meaning her Arizona running mate would lose 3 electoral votes).

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_the_vice_president_and_president_come_from_the_same_state


p.s. I always thought both had to be from different states if they were on the same ticket.
Never too old to learn something new :)

The Constitution very specifically says the electors are to vote for a president and a vice-president, and at least one of those two people has to be from a state you don't live in.

The reason no one chooses a running mate from his own state is he'd have to forfeit the electoral votes from that state. In Palin's case it would be a symbolic thing because we're only talking about three votes. Bush didn't have that option--Texas has enough EV to swing an election.

It would also be a huge "fuck you" to the voters of your home state.

It's legal to run with an in-state running mate, but no one will ever do it.

This is all just a publicity stunt to get another book deal or whatever.

The real reason is because Bristol is moving in and having a relationship with Kyle Massey. They both were on Dancing with the Stars and they are planning to shoot a reality show together with Kyle's brother about how they moved to the same house in Arizona. Palin is mad because 1. she is dating when she has a young child and 2. Kyle is Black. Palin wants to keep a better eye on her and control her movements. Its already bad enough that Bristol is starting to question her mother's beliefs.

The election is just an added bonus. There is no way Palin will run. She will do the bus tour, earn a million more dollars, and then say she won't run.

That's definitely it, she's there to personally make sure there's no mixed-race babies in the Palin family, because I'm sure she would view that as an even bigger disgrace than a child out of wedlock.

He refused to say whether or not she would make a good president. He made the "enemies list" after that one.

This is Modus Operandi Status Quo for Sarah Palin.

She was in bed with McCain and now she is not...

She must now kill and eat him to assume his Power and become Senator from Arizona.


:)