There is "honor" in withdrawing when caught in scandle. If Kerry is tarred with Memogate, the public would not be upset if he withdrew.
The practical problem is keeping that taint from reaching the entire DEM party. So yes, there is HUGE PR backlash in that scenario.
Another scenario has the candidate withdraw for a reason other than scandle. Pulling a Toricelli (withdraw just becuse your polls look like sh!t) would not fly. A health reason, if believed, would.
Anyway, the general point I wanted to add to the thread was the legal aspects, that a switch is legal, and easy. It would be unsettling to the public, because the public is ignorant of presidential election law.
I'm not so sure. sKerry blames his Secret Service when he falls on the ski slopes. If "caught" in the Rathergate scandal, he'll just blame a subordinate or better yet some of the Clinton people newly on board and continue on in his usual arrogant fashion.
you're talking garbage.
Can you cite one instance - just one instance where a candidate for POTUS had resigned? It ain't gonna happen.
Hillary will be there in 2008 THEN you can go after her. right now she's happy to see Kerry fall on his french-looking face.
And Kerry won't be tarred with memogate. if that would happen he'ed be feeling the heat a lot more than he is right now. Memogate is gonna get Rather, and only Rather - if that.
And Even if they find that somebody inside the Kerry campaign did the memos it ain't gonna touch Kerry because the press doesn't wat it to touch Kerry.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Thank you for all the many, many times you have pointed out to us what the presidential election law actually is and how it works.
Hopefully this ignorance will result in a PR backlash against her when she tries it--whether it's now or '08. My money's on now because their biggest weapon, MSM/DNC machine, isn't going to be nearly so powerful as it is now. It's weakened now, but it will be many times more so in four more years. IMO.