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Originally Posted by marcjacob
And what happens if she then dies? Would she also have a vp or would it then be election time? America could otherwise not have a President until the election, which as weve seen, is a very very very very very very very long process!
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If she dies, the speaker of the house becomes president. This is the current presidential line of succession:
1. Vice President and President of the Senate - Dick Cheney
2. Speaker of the House of Representatives - Nancy Pelosi
3. President pro tempore of the Senate - Robert Byrd
4. Secretary of State - Condoleezza Rice
5. Secretary of the Treasury - Henry Paulson
6. Secretary of Defense - Robert Gates