claire as running mate? more annoying stupidity in house of cards

Not that I'm about to stop, but why am I watching this shit?

The shit I'm referring to is House of Cards, the Netflix original series. The latest offense came in Season 4, Episode 3. Claire Underwood tells her husband, who is running for President, to make her his running mate. Seriously, Netflix, WTF?

I get that they wanted drama, and so far the figfhting between the Underwoods has been the major source of conflict. But, while the principles address the debatable issues about whether the move would help him get more votes, they totally ignore the practical matter of it costing them electoral votes in their home state.

I quote the 12th Ammendment to the Constitution:

The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves;

What this means is that when the electors vote, they must vote for either a Presidential of Vice Presidential candidate from outside their state. Assuming Frank and Claire both live in South Carolina, being running mates means that each elector from South Carolina can vote for Frank for President or Claire for Vice President, but not for both. Giving up those electoral votes would be bad strategy. If the show is going to go there, they at least need to address the issue.

Incidentally, I wrote about this a year ago, in addressing the possibility of Hillary Clinton picking Bill as her Veep. As I discussed, the pundits who say she couldn't because he was term-limited out are wrong.

The bigger problem is that Claire is a poorly-written character. She's inconsistent. I said as much after viewing the episode with her outburst in Moscow. At the beginning of the series, Claire was running a not-for-profit, and benefiting from her relationship with her husband who was then a Congressional Whip. It seems as if the writers decided they didn't like that story line, so they had her move on. But then they just didn't know what to do with her. If they can't find a role fpor her where she can be consistent, then just kill her off and let the show move on without her.