05 Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg

Author:Joel C. Rosenberg [Rosenberg, Joel C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Political fiction, Political, Christian fiction, Middle East, Thrillers, Christian, Fiction, Suspense, Suspense fiction, Terrorism, Terrorism - Prevention, Prevention, Political campaigns, Presidents, Assassination, Presidents - Election, Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem), Election
ISBN: 9781414311616
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2008-02-12T15:00:00+00:00

"And who would you suggest I ask instead? the failed Defense secretary?" the president replied. "Or perhaps should I reach back into the grave and nominate the failed director of Central Intelligence? or the failed director of the FBI? or the failed secretary of state? or maybe the failed director of the Secret Service?"

"Sir," James replied, "I'm just saying—"

But the president cut him off. "I know what you're saying, Lee. But I need a vice president—today. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Not next month. Too much is at stake. The way it looks now, it could literally take weeks before we find out who in Congress is still alive and healthy enough to reconvene the House and the Senate. That's crazy. We simply don't have that kind of time. And what if I'm incapacitated somehow? What if I have a heart attack or a stroke or whatever in the next few days or weeks?

Given my history, anything's possible, right? But look at sections 3 and 4 and tell me how that's going to work."

They continued to pore over the text.

"Mr. President," James finally noted, "if I'm reading this correctly, and I think I am, all of these 'line of succession' provisions hinge on the presence of a constitutionally valid vice president, which we don't have, and we can't get because we don't have a Congress."

"Exactly, Lee," Oaks said, "but I'm moving forward anyway."

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Judge Summers and I have been discussing this in detail," Oaks explained.

"She agrees we have to move quickly and decisively to protect the chain of command and the line of succession. Thus, I hereby nominate you as vice president of the United States. I'm transmitting a letter to that effect to Congress in absentia, and I'm going to have you sworn in as acting vice president by a federal judge from Philly. He's on his way to Mount Weather even as we speak. He should be there within the hour. Then I'm going to give you the portfolios of State, Treasury, and Homeland Security. We've got a lot to do, and I can't do it alone. Can I count on your help?"

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