Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111228:05:20:00
The 12th amendment to the constitution is not the most plainly worded of the amendments. it sets out the rules for the electoral college. a process that can seem opaque even on a clear day. but this little bit of legal algebra, the part about not being an inhabitant of the same state with themselves. it means the candidate for president and vice president cannot live in the same state. you can't be president and vice president on the same ticket if you're from the same state. so if newt gingrich nominee he would have had a hard time nominated one of the obvious choices. that would be virginia'...