[Lazlo in PA]

I guess that no one told these folks that the filing deadlines in the some states have already closed and there is no clamor for them to run anyway. If anyone thinks they can slide into this in the middle of the process with zero money or any ground game and win the nomination, they are mistaken.

[mazda77]

Anything can happen if the convention goes to brokering, anything.

[hinckley buzzard]

I think it's a very long shot for Jeb and no way for Palin. But the scenario that would bypass the primaries, especially with no more winner-take-all results, has Bush as a compromise dark horse at a brokered convention that fails to pick a candidate on the first ballot. We came close in 1976, when Ford beat Reagan by a mere hundred votes out of two thousand. Regardless of primary outcomes, All delegates are free to vote their consciences after the first ballot.

[ngat]

Filing dedlines can be changed. Why, the filing dedlines in the largest state in the lower 48 closed in December, then suddenly filing was re-opened, allowing candidates to file on into February, and the primary date of March 6 was moved into April. Just like that!

So, what’s the problem?