Posted on 09/02/2004 11:38:29 AM PDT by ctdonath2
| CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM | ID: P00003392 |
| Office Sought: | President |
| State: | Presidential Candidate |
| District: | 03 |
| Party: | DEM (Democratic Party) |
For the Republicans? Absolutely nobody. That witch is unelectable and would guarantee a blowout for GWB.
She will sue the red states to require them to count Kerry votes for her (a la Wellstone-Mondale precedent)
(And you thought it was an accident?)
She is counting on the Court to stay out of her way, and it's a good bet they will.
they couldn't legally pull a Torricellie Switcheroo the first time they pulled it so I'm not sure why the illegality of it would stop them now.
I believe that it is past the deadline to changes to the Ohio ballot.
actually there is a certain amount of twisted logic to this. Is there any way Hillary could survive a real campaign? Probably not there would be too much time for her background to get exposed/researched and she would eventually insult everyone. A shorteneed unexpected campaign may be her best shot.
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Getting herself on the ballots of all 50 states is a whole nother thing from registering a committee to rake in dough with the FEC. The last cut off date is *today*. It took some doing in some states to get George W on every state's ballot, cuz some state deadlines had to be changed to accomidate the late RNC.
Unelectable in a normal campaign.
But: a candidate melts down, Dems panic, she is "drafted" as their savior, elation overrides reason for the few weeks before election, media roots for her, McCain-Feingold prevents most talk against her, she slides into office.
Kerry is melting. Swifties rumored to have major move pending. If anyone would be drafted at the last moment, it would be Hillary.
Any attempt to remove the selected candidate from the ballot in 50 states, and replace ithat candidate with another - even the Hildebeast, would not succed with equal ease or felicity in every state, and would likely fail in many or most states where it is attempted.
The result would be very confusing to the average voter, to say nothing of the potential legislative and judicial morass. Lawsuits galore would be filed and litigation scheduled and fought through. Most middle of the road voters would be immensely turned off by such an eventually and would turn against the party responsible, leading to an unprecedented debacle for the Dempocrats.
The Democrats would not permit such an eventuality and therefore would not condone Kerry's dropping out before the election. They have their horse already registered, listed, saddled up and on the track. They have to ride that horse to the end of the race, come what may.
I am speaking of political practicalities, not legalistic possibilities. Flights of fancy are not particularly interesting to me. I am willing to stick my neck out and flatly say that this nightmare scenario will never come to pass.
Now, sure, tragedy can always strike and in such cases, a way forward will always be found. I am not interested in any such cases, as they are basically without relevance to a candidate simply up and quiting because he thinks he can't win. That is unprecedented, and we are not about to see it this year.
Are there any national polls of Bush -vs- B!tch? I suspect the dems would come off even worse with her.
Point made.
I posted this precisely to stir up any related FEC-type info/requirements/etc. Just looking for any way she could slither into the race.
Anyone have a link showing the deadline for official registration? Rumor is it's tomorrow (Sep. 3).
I remember it well, and it wasn't easy for the Democrats to pull this off. What saved them was that it was quite early in the season - mid-July, if I recall, far in advance of various state deadlines.
But the last presidential debate is scheduled for October 13. She would want to avoid that, lest too many people see that the space between her ears is vacuous.
Talk about broken-glass Republicans crawling through the street to vote against the hydra.
Such has happened before at lower levels...
It's not a question of legality. The electors and the DEM party are on the ballot in all 50 states.
Of course, there is a question of whether enough DEMs would vote for another candidate to win the elctoral college, but that is a practical matter, not a legal one.
> ... it wasn't easy for the Democrats to pull this off.
> What saved them was that it was quite early in the
> season - mid-July, if I recall, far in advance of
> various state deadlines.
This time, they have, what, until the end of today?
If Kerry pulls out after today, it will be a 50-ring circus.
Excellent point. In NY, you vote for a named elector N who is promised to vote for X. If X suddenly isn't available, or the electoral vote has no majority, then N can vote for anyone.
That is the same in all 50 states. Note too, elector N will vote according to party rules, that is, the party will instruct the elector regarding the name of the person that should appear on their electoral college ballot.
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