[AGreatPer]

"If John Kerry crashes and burns, he will resign the nomination, and Hillary could be brokered"

Exactly. And we are not talking about a plane crash here. We are talking about the polls. The Dems will realize that Kerry has no chance once W unleashes 150 mill in advertising.

It will be panic time at the Dem conventiion. This should be good, real good. Kerry will submit to being the VP behind a bigger ass.

[oceanview]

the media will keep the polls close regardless of reality. look at Zogby's practices, what happened in the FL governors race, etc. The media uses their polls to try and shape the desired outcome they want. You will not see any major national media polls showing Kerry far behind. at the very end, the last two days before the election, they will frantically issue "corrective" polls if indeed Bush is headed towards victory.

[NutCrackerBoy]

Hmm. Let's say the combination of 1. Kerry dirt, and 2. Bush defining Kerry as McGovern reincarnated devastates the Kerry campaign. As we have just speculated, Kerry resigns, Hillary wins a brokered convention (I actually have no idea how brokering works. However, I press on). I don't see Kerry being the VP candidate after being disgraced. Edwards?

[txhurl]

And we are not talking about a plane crash here. We are talking about the polls.

Well, plane crashes typically follow poll crashes, etc.