And I’m getting even more email like this:

I know this is a fine point, but in re to the reader who wrote:
“The Constitution is silent as to the age of a Vice President, however, it seems absurd for a nominee to choose as his running mate someone who can’t succeed him–succession being the only duty prescribed to the V.P. under the Constitution. Should Kerry choose Harold Ford, Jr. as his running mate, and should they be elected, Dennis Hastert, not Ford, would be next in line for the Presidency until May 2005. “
Actually, the 12th Amendment says:
“But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.”
Therefore, Ford couldn’t be Veep at all, even if the Dems wanted someone who couldn’t succeed Kerry in an emergency.