Coming: A unique stalemate scenario if Trump & Pence are clearly guilty of impeachable offenses!
Let's say that it becomes clear that both Trump and Pence have committed very serious, easily provable acts that make both subject to removal from office. What might happen? Remember that a majority vote of both houses is required for confirmation of a new VP.
Certainly the GOP Senate under McConnell would not allow both Trump and Pence to be removed simultaneously, or even one at a time, without the confirmation of a new GOP VP to assume the presidency. That would block Nancy Pelosi from becoming the president by default. Of course the Democratic controlled House would not be in favor of a Pence or Trump appointed VP being confirmed, which would ensure that the GOP would retain control of the White House.
That would produce a stalemate that could lead to a singularly unique scenario: A coalition form of government. Of course that could also lead to a stalemate such that two criminals would continue to hold the two highest offices in the land until the inauguration of a new president and VP in 2021.
Imagine the possibilities.....Republicans preventing a Democrat from becoming the VP, and eventually, president......Democrats preventing the selection of a Republican to become the VP, and eventually, the president......neither side giving in.....and both Trump and Pence remaining in office through the election, regardless of who would be on the GOP ticket.
Of course the GOP certainly would not relish the thought of running a set of candidates while two Republican criminals retain their White House positions. Can you imagine the dynamics of such a campaign? The difficulties that the GOP knows it would find itself in would give the Democrats leverage during negotiations, but would the GOP fold?
On the other side of the ledger, the Democrats would be apoplectic at the thought that two criminals would head the executive branch until January of 2021. That reality would give the GOP leverage.
The possibilities are endlessly fascinating, and I'd love to hear a good sampling of your thoughts as to the possible dynamics of that situation, along with your opinions about possible final outcomes. Might the stalemate, with intense pressure on both sides, lead to a coalition government, or would a stalemate continue until the end, and how might either scenario unfold?
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Even though both of them are guilty of many impeachable acts, I don't think the House will go after both of them simultaneously. I think they will target The Orange One - as he is currently the most dangerous one in the White House. They may hold some hearings to damage Pence. My guess is that Trump will be gone (yes, I think the Senate will vote to remove him), and they will pick someone ostensibly sane (Paul Ryan?) to fill the VP spot. Paulie has recently moved to DC, so I'm sure he's positioning himself for some upward mobility. He's also on the Board at Fox News and he's doing his best to ease that vile place away from Trump without totally pissing off the Magats.
Then, if Pence behaves himself for a year, he's allowed to crawl back to Indiana with Mother and get some BS million dollar lobbying job or something.
That will put Ryan in line to run for Pres in 2020. He might pick someone like Liz Chaney 
to be his running mate.
