The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to … (View Post)

FPT: It's a common mistake, even here in the US. The US Senate does not impeach; the House does that, by a majority vote. So the orange loser was impeached, twice. (As most of you will see immed… (View Post)

GoIng back to the earlier discussion of second legislative chambers: The state of Nebraska has a unicameral, formally nonpartisan legislature: "The Nebraska Legislature[1] (also called the Unica… (View Post)

ydoethur - Thanks for the info on Kari's kids. That makes more sense -- and increases my sympathy for her current husband. (View Post)

FPT: kinabalu was arguing repeatedly that the British Empire was wicked. Which reminded me of polling* done more than a decade ago in both the US and the UK. In both nations, about half of the main p… (View Post)