President Pro Tempore of the Senate

(Turns out I won't be in Idaho after all, it seems...)

A thought for the impeachment-pushers: if things go badly enough for the GOP that both Bush and Cheney get removed, it should be reasonably possible to get the Senate to pick Kerry as President Pro Tem. It's just a simple vote, and the "longest-serving member of the majority party" thing is custom, not law, and there've been exceptions to it before. Then Hastert just has to be pressured to pass on the job of President once it devolves onto him.

Just something for those I've seen saying we'd have to be impeaching until we got about a dozen places down the succession.