Question: If George is forced to resign

[aquart]

When will they make him do it?

The Repubs have no primaries scheduled, do they?

How would it affect the late convention?

What if the nominee is Bill Frist?

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Attempts at answers

When will they make him do it?

The sooner the better for all concerned. There should be some point where they will realize that delay will cost them. Then they will push him overboard.
That, of course, is an individual matter. Some will realize this sooner than others. Others will realize it not at all.
An early Bush/Cheney resignation would giove the Republicans time to regroup and unite behaind a cindidate. (NOTE: I am assuming that Cheney goes down with Bush.)

The Repubs have no primaries scheduled, do they?

Of course they have. They have them scheduled at the same time the Democrats do, in the same states. However, at the moment, they appear to be uncontested.

How would it affect the late convention?

In what way? I don't think it would.

What if the nominee is Bill Frist?

What if it is? If Bush and Cheney resign soon enough, Frist could very well make a go at it. However, if Bush and Cheney resign, the President will be Dennis Hastert. He would have the advantages of incumbancy, just as President Ford did in 1976.

[Zan_of_Texas]

2. yeah but this would be BAD ...

If Cheney resigns first, Bush can appoint a new V.P. (25th Amendment to the Constitution)

That person, if approved by a majority of both the Senate and House, becomes V.P.

A two-stage resignation, Cheney first, then Bush, works well for them, because they get to indirectly pick the next President (NOT Hastert).

NOW:
Prez. Bush
VP Cheney

If Cheney is out:
Prez. Bush
VP Bush's choice

If Bush then is out:
Prez. Bush's choice

So, we need to make sure they both resign/get impeached at the same time.

[hang a left]

3. I'd go along with that scenario

Cheney first, Bush will resign and appoint, if we are lucky, Colin.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. Powell?

After the pack of lies he told to the Security Council on February 5?

He's going down in flames with the others.

[Jack Rabbit]

4. Who would Bush pick?

He could pick a right wing ideologue and get away with it, as Nixon could not in 1973 when Vice President Agnew resigned. Nixon chose Gerald Ford, a sober conservative but not regrded as very bright. Ford still made a better president than Nixon.

I agree, the best thing is to drive them both out at the same time. However, then we would be dealing with what kind of president Hastert would be.

Hastert would also have to pick a number of cabinet members and other high ranking officials as well. Remember, we are looking at the prospect of a real blood bath.

[Zan_of_Texas]

6. Frist? Hagel? Guiliani?

Bush could try Henry Kissinger first. Just kidding.

He wouldn't try Rumsfeld. Would he.

[Lisa]

7. or Ashcroft.

Please, no!

[Wapsie B]

8. Hastert 's just Delay's boy.

Meaning if he were the one to take over, if and when the upheaval happens, Tommy boy would be calling the shots. That is unless we can tie his sorry punk-ass to some criminal wrong-doings.
I see the repugs running Rudy or Hagel.