Thanks, that's the perfect example. How a party brings a candidate to the table is a party matter, not a matter of federal election law.
Sure, there are all sorts of state regs, but the Torecelli matter makes it clear that those laws can be mangled and twisted by the ultimate interests of the party itself.
And the DNC is dominated by Clintonians.
And now Billy is bed ridden, he is automatically allowed even more leeway due to sympathy for his condition.
The Clintonista wing of the Democratic Party is preparing the way for Saint Hildebeest. If they determine it would be best for her to step in this fall, it shall be done. Kerry is an old war horse (like Dole in 1996) and can be dealt with accordingly. The donkey-headed and increasingly irrelevant Edwards is also a pawn. He could be dealt with in a heartbeat for the greater good.
The major stumbling block may well be various state deadlines for finalizing ballots, which is necessary to allow time to get absentee ballots printed and mailed. Not every state election board is as corrupt as New Jersey's, but I am sure there a lot that are really close.