Has there ever been a sitting POTUS and VP from both parties?

[BigmanPigman]

If tRump goes down and Pence becomes POTUS and Pelosi becomes VP that will be our situation until 2020. Is this allowed in the constitution?

[Wounded Bear]

1. Pelosi would not be VP under that scenario...

there would be an appointment and Senate vote for confirmation.

Under the original constitution the Pres and VP were based on vote count, with top 2 being P/VP. They found it didn't work well. It was one of the first Amendments after the Bill of Rights to be passed.

[BigmanPigman]

5. That crossed my mind

and I googled it after I read an earlier post and no one said it was not a possibility...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212253535

[Sneederbunk]

2. Pelosi would not become VP but next in succession.

Gerald Ford was appointed VP and confirmed by the Senate as was Nelson Rockefeller.

[sarisataka]

3. Two points

One- if Pence were to become President, Pelosi would not become VP unless he selected her as such. Under succession people are not 'advanced' to the next position. The new President chooses their VP as Ford did with Rockefeller.

Two- tRump is not "going" down. We are stuck with him for at least another year and a half

[TDale313]

4. Doesn't work that way.

And if you wanna know why, imagine how nervous you’d be every day with a Dem pres saddled with a Repug vp.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. The 25th Amendment clarifies it all...

mostly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

First, there is no mention of parties in the Constitution, and therefore no prohibition on a Veep of another party. I believe it has happened, but I'm too lazy to look it up.

The 25th was meant to clarify succession after the Wilson and Nixon kerfuffles.

If Trump goes down, Pence becomes president and nominates a Veep, who will then be ratified by Congress.

Only if both Trump and Pence go down together does the Speaker rise to the office, although if Pence drops dead before nominating a new Veep, it would make for an interesting question. Probably, Pelosi is the new President.

[Voltaire2]

7. Yes the original system had the VP

The person who came in second in the presidential election.

[struggle4progress]

14. +

[pecosbob]

16. and were quite often at odds with one another

[elleng]

8. Nothing about political parties in the Constitution.

[hlthe2b]

9. If Pence became POTUS, he'd be able to name his VP and both Houses would confirm as with Agnew.

(resigned and replaced by Ford). Pelosi is in line for the Presidency--not the VP

[madinmaryland]

11. Yes. Both houses have to confirm the nominee. Would the Democrats pass the nominee

or would they just go with the McConnell Doctrine and refuse to vote on the nominee?

[hlthe2b]

12. Well, Ford sailed through because he was "one of their own"... If they actually chose a less extreme

member of Congress, I'd bet they would. The position would only finish out the term, so...

[Everyman Jackal]

13. I hope not.

They should just hope Pence dies before the next president is elected.

[Everyman Jackal]

10. if Trump is impeached or can not fulfill the office of president

Pence becomes the acting president. He can nominate a person to become vice-president but it takes a majority vote of both houses of Congress to fill that post.

[Blue_true]

15. I think Lincoln and Johnson. nt

[Stinky The Clown]

17. The veep takes over as president and then names his own veep.

It will not be Pelosi