The Democrats can still switch candidates on us up until the end of our own Convention
How are they going to make Kerry go away? Like Al Gore, Kerry has been plotting and dreaming of becoming President since he was thisssssTall. He's so close now he can taste it. They would have to Arkancide the guy to rid of him — there is no way an arrogant sociopath like Kerry can be convinced of anything. In his mind, he is always right. And whatever he does is correct. He is a type that will not step down for the good of anyone... because he doesn't care about anyone except himself.
All his life, he has been able to bully and lie his way past anything... to the point that he is now a United States Senator. If he takes a dive in the polls, and the Dems send "the guys in the grey suits" to go have a talk with him, he is not going to listen to one word of it. His life experience is that making up one more good lie will get him past this; it always has.
They nominated him. They are stuck with him.
"How are they going to make Kerry go away? Like Al Gore, Kerry has been plotting and dreaming of becoming President since he was thisssssTall. He's so close now he can taste it. ... They nominated him. They are stuck with him."
Yes, they are pretty well stuck with him, but *technically* he can still be replaced.
It might be worth remembering that he's made more vacation trips than votes in the Senate. Is he really capable of *working* for an entire national campaign?! He's got a billionairess colonialist for a wife; is she really going to endure an entire national campaign, too?!
OK, he can probably handle it...and he probably really wants the brass ring...but I can't say 100% that he's in for the long run as were Dole and Clinton back in 1996, or Bush and Gore back in 2000. He's simply never demonstrated that he could handle *anything* (e.g. marriage, job, etc.) for any great length of time through any great struggle.
It's simply something to keep in mind. The Torricelli cutoff date hasn't passed yet.
5 Legislative Days Left Until The AWB Expires
They nominated him. They are stuck with him. If (when) the polls show he is sure to lose, Kerry can either resign from the race and stay on as Senator (for the good of the people, donchaknow); or the DEM party will utterly ruin him -- he'll lose the presidential election, and he'll be raked over the coals so bad that he will be forced out of his Senate office in disgrace. "It's your choice John. Call us in the morning."