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There is a story about Warren Harding that his father once said to him: "Warren, it's a good thing you're not a girl, because you'd always be in the family way. You just can't say 'no.'" There's pretty good evidence this is true, and if so, it certainly helps explain how Harding ended up with so many appointees whose hands were in the cookie jar.
Also unable to say "no"? The Florida legislature, which we should probably just start calling the Warren Harding Memorial Sunshine State Legislature. Whenever Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) says "jump!" they say "how high?" And so it is that, this week, the legislators began the process of changing state law so DeSantis can run for president without resigning his current office.
Not too many states have resign-to-run laws; in those that do, the logic is that being an officeholder is a full-time job and running for office is a full-time job, and you can only do one full-time job, so you gotta pick. However, when we're talking about the highest levels of the political system, these rules are generally put aside, because both the candidate and their fellow state citizens want the glory and the power. The Texas legislature famously rewrote the rules for Lyndon Johnson, and now the Florida legislature will do the same for DeSantis. (Z)