Edmure is ostensibly the #2 man in the Kingdom of the North. I don't think he's ever technically stripped of being Lord-Paramount of the Riverlands, is he?
Had an argument on Reddit with a few people about how politically inept the Starks were.
http://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comme...m52n?context=3 if anyone is interested in reading/added on.