MP> >  MP> that their choice was senile.  There was no time for a "do-over."
 MP> 
 MP> > Is that an acceptable solution though? Is there a policy that calls for 
 MP> > procedure in the event that a nominee backs out of the race?
 MP> 
 MP> It was the only solution.  I do not think either party has a policy in
 MP> place for what happens if someone drops out.  Google 1968 Democratic
 MP> Presidential Primary (or Convention) and you can read about where this
 MP> happened before -- when an incumbent dropped out, and another candidate
 MP> was assassinated, after the primaries had started.  2024 is not the
 MP> first time votes cast for the sitting President were then pledged to the
 MP> sitting VP.

It's not common, and it's not what we're used to. But since we're so much more suspicious of Democrats these days, it seemed like a suspicious event.

In reality this is a side-effect from them having Biden's old and corrupt ass in the white house. But as Ron always says: the elite are ignorant. This time they kept Kamala hiding too long, so they made their decision way too late for the media to "build" the public's trust of this new puppet.

 MP> Back in time, the Conventions didn't even guarantee that the
 MP> primary/caucus winner would be the nominee.  It has only been in very
 MP> recent times... the last 50-60 years, I think... that this has changed.

If the Republicans would be more talkative about how undemocratic the Democrats are, we wouldn't have to sweat the elections so much.

 MP> Jeb Bush wasn't running and wasn't VP.  Not sure who the GOP might have
 MP> chosen... although we came close to finding out... but it likely would
 MP> have been his running mate (Vance) or whoever finished second to Trump
 MP> in the primaries.

I was just using Jeb Bush as a worst-case scenario. Vance might be ok, but I still would have been mad as hell if it happened.

 MP> Google 1952 Republican Presidential Primary (or Convention) to see a
 MP> previous instance of one Republican (Taft) actually winning more primary
 MP> votes (over 740,000 more, if my math is correct) but ultimately losing
 MP> the nomination to another candidate (Eisenhower) who didn't even
 MP> participate in every state's primary.

Lyndon Johnson - isn't he the one who said "We'll get those n-words voting Democrat?" If so, then him and Biden have quite a few things in common.

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