If Hillary gets the nod could Bill be her VP candidate?
Couple of issues:
- Constitutionality - It's debatable whether or not he's eligible to be on the ticket with Hillary as VP---NY Times says yes, Huffington Post says no.
- Politically - Does Bill's mass appeal to the Dems (and some moderate Reps) make him worth running vis-a-vis the press from the tabloids reminiscing about the good ol' days with Monica and the blue dress.
From Wiki:
The relationship between the 22nd and 12th amendments
Some have questioned the interpretation of the Twenty-second Amendment as it relates to the
Twelfth Amendment, ratified in
1804, which provides that "no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States."<sup id="_ref-7" class="reference">
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While it is clear that under the Twelfth Amendment the original constitutional qualifications of age, citizenship, and residency apply to both the president and vice president, it is unclear if a two-term president could later be elected—or appointed—vice president. Some argue that the Twenty-second Amendment and Twelfth Amendment bar any two-term president from later serving as vice president as well as from succeeding to the presidency from any point in the
United States Presidential line of succession. Others contend that while a two-term president is ineligible to be elected or appointed to the office of Vice President, he or she could succeed from a lower position in the line of succession which he or she is not excluded from holding. Others contend that the Twelfth Amendment concerns qualification for
service, while the Twenty-second Amendment concerns qualifications for
election.
Neither theory has ever been tested, as no former president has ever sought the vice presidency, and thus, the courts have never had an opportunity to decide the question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution