Your thoughts on the (cannon) Presidential line of succession?

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Hey!

I'm wondering if you guys have a different timeline for presidential succession in your games, then that HW presented?

As a refreshing:

1. President Tanner killed during takeoff accident on KNEECAP during TDM
2. VP Pembleton killed during direct hit missile strike on WH (also during TDM).
3. US without a president for 22 hours.
4. Speaker of the House Munson inaugurated after 22 hours (or so) of no president.
5. Munson suffers nervous breakdown, and is relieved.
6. Former Secretary of State (Munson's successor) suffers heart failure.
7. Former Secretary of Energy (Sec. of State's successor) commits suicide
8. No longer an operation CLS, no attempt was made to locate successor.
9. Rump Congress elects John Boward President.

Would this really have happened if such a event were to happen today? Even after 9/11 and all the COOP that happened afterword? Never mind, was this even remotely possible happenings in the 1980's? Does it even make sense? Not to get into the whole "rump congress" issue, but would they even have the legal authority to even conduct legislative activity (like appoint a new president)? Why wouldn't they follow Munson's declaration of marshal law? And wouldn't what's left of the line of succession continue? (If we wanted to be actually factual to the IRL line, it'd be the President pro tempore of the Senate after Munson, Treasury Secretary after State, Defense after Treasury, and on down the line. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...#Current_order That link is to the actual line of succession) Did GDW simply not research such an important matter? Or are we left to assume that numbers 3, 5-13, 15-17 are all dead/incapacitated? And wouldn't there be a plan to find the SOH BEFORE 22 hours elapses?