[Psalm 73]

Could they legally pull a "Torricelli Switcheroo"??

[Puppage]

This nothing new. She was registered before this years primary season started.

[LS]

Puh-lease. It would be just as good a use of your time to note that Jimmy Hoffa is making a comeback.

[Izzy Dunne]

So is B.J. Clinton his own bad self. I don't see a date.

HRC was registered in 2000 - this could be leftovers.

[Spok]

Politically, a Kerry disaster would better serve Hillary than a risky last-minute save.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

This isn't a big deal as she also registered for the 2000 election. It does however keep open the possibility of her jumping in this one at the last moment.

[COEXERJ145]

Hillary would rather let Kerry go down in flames this year so she can run for an open seat in 2008.

[Boundless]

> Could they legally pull a "Torricelli Switcheroo"??

Encyclopedia: Thomas Eagleton
"His [Eagleton's] vice-presidential hopes evaporated
when it was revealed shortly after the party convention
that he had been hospitalized on three occasions for
depression and had undergone electroshock therapy.
McGovern removed Eagleton from the ticket and replaced
him with Sargent Shriver."

And that went swimmingly well for the Dems.

[GoLightly]

Go deeper into the link:

Candidate listings may appear here as a result of draft committees or independent expenditure committees registering with the FEC. If no official documents of an authorized committee appear below, the individual identified here has taken no action to become a candidate

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.

[John Valentine]

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.

[Kirkwood]

Kerry will never give it up. It is now his to lose.

[Novel]

This would require John Kerry to concede that he can't win. He not only thinks he will win, he thinks he's entitled to be president. I just don't see him dropping out. I think it's pretty obvious, given their lack of campaigning for the Dem nominee, the Clintons are betting against Kerry. But I think they're gearing her up for the 2008 race not as a "pop-in" candidate in 2004. Granted a short campaign cycle helps her greatly, but I just don't see Kerry going quietly into that good night. The best case scenario for them is if Kerry has a Ron Brown or JFK Jr. type accident.

[orangelobster]

Kind of an interesting conspiracy theory - that Clinton will replace Kerry. I would discount it as absurd except for the fact that Ashcroft got beaten in the election for senate a few years back by a dead man, whose wife stepped up to the plate. Perhaps this fact would embolden the notion of a last minute switch.

[Calpernia]

BTTT!

[Cboldt]

http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?P00003392 <-- 2004

CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM ID: P00003392

Office Sought: President
Election Year: 2004
State: Presidential Candidate
District: 03
Party: DEM (Democratic Party)

[Caipirabob]

I'm beginning to suspect the rats will simply invent a scandal of their own against Bush. Perhaps they'll determine that Bush and Osama are actually genetic twins bred from the same batch of stem cell clones by GHWB himself. Maybe they'll link Cheney with a Haliburton scandal where the company is secretly being run by a computer hooked into Hitler's brain, snatched and stowed safely away after WWII. I dunno, but it will be something with about that level of credibility.

Count on the timing to be the same as last time. The weekend just before the election. Chrissy Mathews will become so exited that he'll personally soil himself on live TV as he makes the announcement.

JMHO...

[christie]

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"I said I wouldn't run, and I really mean it.
I'm not going to run."

Hillary Rodham Clinton
(cnn.com)

Click here to check out my web site dedicated to exposing Hillary.

[jjames001]

What Republican is going to go run for president against her?