[msnimje]

You do not know that.

It could very easily have been a bait and switch.

Or she could have insisted she did not want to go through it all.

[TomGuy]

It could very easily have been a bait and switch.

That's the biggest crock. What person in their right mind would allow themselves to be put through that? And, if it were intended to be such a conspiracy, what if no one hollered -- and she got the seat?

No, that's the worst conspiracy theory conceivable.