I think the candidate will be selected by the convention delegates, based on whatever wheeling and dealing can be pulled off behind the scenes.
In 1986, incumbent US Rep John Countryman won the primary for the Republican nomination. Then he died of cancer. People were pissed off, because he knew he would die, and shouldn't have run in the primary knowing he couldn't run in the November election.
The IL Republican party held a special convention, and 100s of delegates met to vote for a replacement candidate.
A number of people took a shot at it, but they all were angry because they knew the fix was in for one guy. It was a state legistator who had actually just moved to become a resident of that district.
Sure enough, the state legislator won. It was a backroom deal, and he had the votes all sewn up. It was Dennis Hastert, who later became Speaker of the House, and after that, went to jail as a child molester.
I expect the Dem nomination will be handled very close to the way that case was.
Good question. If the back room dealmakers can't reach a consensus, it could be messy. Laughing Kamala is a really weak candidate, but any other options are badly flawed as well.Do not be so sure. The 1968 democratic convention was chaos. Bobby Kennedy was assassinated 2 months prior and no one had enough delegates to win the nomination.
It took several attempts at the convention, several votes and multiple back room deals to get a nomination: Hubert Humphrey,
But now what? Is there anyone in the Democrat party aside from Kamala who wants to run this year, on short notice?
Wow, big wig senator suggesting there could have been a second shooter, and says he doesn’t trust the FBI and Secret Service to do an honest investigation.
Then Biden drops out.
He's definitely the best candidate for any office I've seen in my life time. The man's got flaws for sure, but I can't think of anyone I'd prefer to vote for over him. The fact that the opposition hates him so much that they tried to kill him only cements that.They try to bankrupt him, arrest him and then kill the guy.
And he still continues. Detractors are going to complain about anything and I know he’s far from perfect. I don’t agree with important topics (like interest rates) but let’s be honest here…
Isn’t he the best candidate?
Sadly, I found it believable too. Thank God if it's not true.Wow, I was fooled by this fake news. I truly thought he was going to add Jamie, this is great news if he's not.