Line of succession/House of horrors:

[elleng]

The current line of succession to the Presidency is frightening.

1 Vice President Mike Pence (R)
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R)
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch (R)
4 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R)
5 Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin (R)
6 Secretary of Defense James Mattis (I)
7 Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R)
8 Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke (R)
9 Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue (R)
10 Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (R)
11 Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta (R)
12 Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price (R)
13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson (R)
– Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao (R)
14 Secretary of Energy Rick Perry (R)
15 Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (R)
16 Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin (I)
17 Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly (I)

[LisaL]

1. We are so screwed.

I also think republicans in congress wanted Pence to begin with.

[dflprincess]

2. I could almost live with Orrin Hatch

he's certainly marginally better than the first 2. I think Hatch is too smart to keep many of Trump's cabinet around for long and he might appoint people who are qualified. He must have some redeeming qualities, he was a good friend of Ted Kennedy's.

What I'm worried about is that the investigation will get shut down if/when Trump is forced out like he was the beginning and end of it all.

[elleng]

3. Yes, 'almost,'

and maybe without hateful agendas.

[LisaL]

4. Both Pence and Ryan are above Hatch so he has snowball's chance in hell.

[emulatorloo]

8. If Trump goes down, those two go down as well

They are both part of the cover-up imho.

[LisaL]

9. Ain't going to happen.

[emulatorloo]

10. Time will tell.

[leftstreet]

5. He does seem like the only adult in the room

...given the list

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Hatch is hardcore religious right whose top priorities for Sessions were fighting porn & weed.

I will say this, he understands and respects our constitutional system, although clearly he's got a problem with the 1st Amendment.

[NRaleighLiberal]

6. wow - total dearth of good news in that list!