If McCain dies of old age before Nov elections, then what?

[WildHorse]

At age 71 (born 29 Aug 36), it's within the realm of possibility he could expire any time from age + stresses of the campaign.

Then what happens?

Huckabee can't be nominated; he's too excentric.

Would it open the door for a Ron Paul or a Bloomberg or similar alternative?

 

[GroundedSailor]

Originally posted by: scott
At age 71 (born 29 Aug 36), it's within the realm of possibility he could expire any time from age + stresses of the campaign.

Then what happens?

Huckabee can't be nominated; he's too excentric.

Would it open the door for a Ron Paul or a Bloomberg or similar alternative?

The RNC will decide who their candidate will be.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: scott
At age 71 (born 29 Aug 36), it's within the realm of possibility he could expire any time from age + stresses of the campaign.

Then what happens?

Huckabee can't be nominated; he's too excentric.

Would it open the door for a Ron Paul or a Bloomberg or similar alternative?

They would never nominate Ron Paul, and Bloomberg recently ditched the Republican party. I doubt they would want to nominate him... haha. Depending on when McCain dies, (but not depending that much) they would probably pick whatever relatively prominent Republican would take it. There's almost no way a candidate that picks up halfway through the election cycle is going to win a presidential election, so pretty much they would be looking for a sacrificial lamb.

 

[WildHorse]

,,

 

[sandorski]

Shirley McLain will be called in to channel McCain's ghost. Nancy Reagan and her "advisor" will serve as Vice President.

 

[sonambulo]

Robo-Cheney will morph into his final-level battle armor and rise to the challenge

 

[rpanic]

Originally posted by: scott
At age 71 (born 29 Aug 36), it's within the realm of possibility he could expire any time from age + stresses of the campaign.

Then what happens?

We have a party 😉

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
Robo-Cheney will morph into his final-level battle armor and rise to the challenge

I thought he'd been tasked to find McCain's VP running mate.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: GroundedSailor

Originally posted by: scott
At age 71 (born 29 Aug 36), it's within the realm of possibility he could expire any time from age + stresses of the campaign.

Then what happens?

Huckabee can't be nominated; he's too excentric.

Would it open the door for a Ron Paul or a Bloomberg or similar alternative?

The RNC will decide who their candidate will be.

I wouldn't be to sure about that if he dies after the convention. I'm betting each state has different rules on what happens when a candidate dies.

 

[Lemon law]

Well, when you the GOP and champion conservative values, and have had a eight year run rolling back all of the reforms of the 20'th century, its kinda natural to have candidates
that are both very old and out of touch with reality. So if McCain kick the bucket due to old age, the natural answer would be to come up with an even older and more out of touch with reality candidate.

The GWB years have been very hard on the old guard, with the GOP losing to old age, Ronald Reagan, Jerry Falwell, Gerald Ford, and even its last vestige of brains in William F. Buckley. But there is always the better Bush running around in GHB who is still eligible for another four years, or dare we hope, Robert Dole, who could single handedly make the aged baby boomers feels young again. Or failing that, there is always Jack Lalane who is making a comeback in informertials and if he can't get the GOP juiced up, no one else can.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

Well if he did die, the little alien inside his head would jump out and harvest another Republican figure or something.

 

[Wreckem]

It would be Romney.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Wreckem
It would be Romney.

Yep he only suspended his campaign he never withdrew if I remember? So he win by defacto if McCain was not there.

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: scott
At age 71 (born 29 Aug 36), it's within the realm of possibility he could expire any time from age + stresses of the campaign.

Then what happens?

Huckabee can't be nominated; he's too excentric.

Would it open the door for a Ron Paul or a Bloomberg or similar alternative?

If McCain dies, the American public will never know. He has been selected as the next Neocon puppet, and if he expires or refuses to cooperate, they will use a CGI animation to fill in for him, much like the one that is used for the majority of Bush's speeches.

 

[WildHorse]

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[Lemon law]

Originally posted by: Wreckem
It would be Romney.

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With so many failed phonies to pick from in the recently ran but failed, how can you pick between Romney, Thompson, and Giuliani? Huckabee still has more delegates by now.

Its actually unprecedented, we have never had a viable contender die or get severely wounded on the campaign trail unless you want the count George Wallace and Robert Kennedy.

But we did have one winner, Harrison as I recall, who died of old age related illnesses two or three weeks after his term began. And two GOP H's in Harding and Hoover who may have wished they were dead within a year of beginning their term. Only Harding achieved that reprieve. But to humorously speak to the first letters of the the last name, we could speak of the assassinated McKinley, Coolidge and Clinton, R's have bipartisan appeal in TR, FDR, and
Reagan, but did not work for Romney, and now we can try a good Irish name in Obama.

 

[nageov3t]

why single out McCain? Obama could have a heart attack tomorrow, a house could fall on Hillary, etc.

if McCain dies before the primary, the RNC will select someone else; if he dies after the primary, the VP will probably be the presumptive nominee.

 

[jpeyton]

McCain will survive until the elections, but he won't survive hearing the results 😉

Any Republican presidential candidate running after Bush's 8 year term is basically a lamb sent to slaughter.

 

[Lemon law]

jpeyton may warm the cockles of democratic partisans in saying---Any Republican presidential candidate running after Bush's 8 year term is basically a lamb sent to slaughter.

But even as a partisan democrat, I can't fail to note that McCain, perhaps GWB's harshest critic, is now almost certain to win the GOP nomination. Somewhat proof positive that the GOP electorate has not lost touch with reality even though the GOP leadership has lost touch with realty in its lock step support of GWB.

And as this nation has front loaded its primaries, we may wake up on March five with the certain reality that either McCain or Obama will be the next POTUS. Making early this spring what is supposed to be only certain in the early fall after the democratic and republican conventions. And making a lie out of the time honored tradition that the general
election campaigns only start after LABOR DAY. Bottom line.----------

(1) Buy your barf bags early while they are still affordable. The normal two month general election campaign September and October process will more than triple into an eight month process. Buy at least hip boot high waders, because the general mud and shit slinging will get deep and will not evaporate in the heat. And like an early snow, it must be shoveled out unlike the gentle spring rains.

(2) More telling and more to the point jpeyton raised, the President is the titular head of their political party. Yet in early March of 08, the GOP leadership can support either GWB or the non GWB in McCain. They cannot do both. And if they less than totally support McCain at the expense of the lame duck GWB, I fail to see McCain having a snowball's chance in hell come November. Will the GOP leadership wise up? The world wonders.

(3) If the GOP leadership bows to logic and rejects GWB in March/08, it can benefit this country greatly. I can hope it may happen, what ever side you are on in the partisan divide, we still should be Americans first and hope we can unite in building a better America and world. And the choice is stark, the sooner we reject GWB&co, the better. Even as a partisan democrat, its hard for me to see the GOP as an enemy, we all have a common enemy in the stupid policies of GWB&co.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Lemon law

Originally posted by: Wreckem
It would be Romney.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

With so many failed phonies to pick from in the recently ran but failed, how can you pick between Romney, Thompson, and Giuliani? Huckabee still has more delegates by now.

Its actually unprecedented, we have never had a viable contender die or get severely wounded on the campaign trail unless you want the count George Wallace and Robert Kennedy.

But we did have one winner, Harrison as I recall, who died of old age related illnesses two or three weeks after his term began. And two GOP H's in Harding and Hoover who may have wished they were dead within a year of beginning their term. Only Harding achieved that reprieve. But to humorously speak to the first letters of the the last name, we could speak of the assassinated McKinley, Coolidge and Clinton, R's have bipartisan appeal in TR, FDR, and
Reagan, but did not work for Romney, and now we can try a good Irish name in Obama.

Because it will come down to a brokered convention in which, the majority of republican delegates would choose Romney over Huckabee.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: Lemon law

Originally posted by: Wreckem
It would be Romney.

With so many failed phonies to pick from in the recently ran but failed, how can you pick between Romney, Thompson, and Giuliani? Huckabee still has more delegates by now.

Actually, because so many of the Republican primaries are "winner-take-all", Huck hasn't picked up as many delegates as you might think. If you check the numbers, I think Mitt still holds second place.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
I can't fail to note that McCain, perhaps GWB's harshest critic

That was back in 2000, when he fought and lost to Bush for the nomination. He has been lock-step for many years since.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
jpeyton may warm the cockles of democratic partisans in saying---Any Republican presidential candidate running after Bush's 8 year term is basically a lamb sent to slaughter.

But even as a partisan democrat, I can't fail to note that McCain, perhaps GWB's harshest critic, is now almost certain to win the GOP nomination. Somewhat proof positive that the GOP electorate has not lost touch with reality even though the GOP leadership has lost touch with realty in its lock step support of GWB.

And as this nation has front loaded its primaries, we may wake up on March five with the certain reality that either McCain or Obama will be the next POTUS. Making early this spring what is supposed to be only certain in the early fall after the democratic and republican conventions. And making a lie out of the time honored tradition that the general
election campaigns only start after LABOR DAY. Bottom line.----------

(1) Buy your barf bags early while they are still affordable. The normal two month general election campaign September and October process will more than triple into an eight month process. Buy at least hip boot high waders, because the general mud and shit slinging will get deep and will not evaporate in the heat. And like an early snow, it must be shoveled out unlike the gentle spring rains.

(2) More telling and more to the point jpeyton raised, the President is the titular head of their political party. Yet in early March of 08, the GOP leadership can support either GWB or the non GWB in McCain. They cannot do both. And if they less than totally support McCain at the expense of the lame duck GWB, I fail to see McCain having a snowball's chance in hell come November. Will the GOP leadership wise up? The world wonders.

(3) If the GOP leadership bows to logic and rejects GWB in March/08, it can benefit this country greatly. I can hope it may happen, what ever side you are on in the partisan divide, we still should be Americans first and hope we can unite in building a better America and world. And the choice is stark, the sooner we reject GWB&co, the better. Even as a partisan democrat, its hard for me to see the GOP as an enemy, we all have a common enemy in the stupid policies of GWB&co.

In 2004 John Kerry sealed the Dem nomination on March 2.
In 2000 Al Gore had sealed the Dem nomination on March 7.
In 2000 George W Bush had seald the GOP nomination on March 7
In 1996 Bob Dole had sealed the GOP nomination on March 5
In 1992 Bill Clinton pretty much sealed the Dem nomination on Super Tuesday in March.

DO I need to go on?

The nominees are almost ALWAYS known after Super Tuesday. Same for this year. Last I checked there was plenty of campaigning going on during the summers of 00 and 04. Hell the swift boating of John Kerry started on May 4 2004, and reached its peak before the DNC or RNC that year.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: Lemon law
I can't fail to note that McCain, perhaps GWB's harshest critic

That was back in 2000, when he fought and lost to Bush for the nomination. He has been lock-step for many years since.

True. McCain has had his nose up W's bum for the last seven years; while he has been critical of some administration policies, he has reserved his comments for the president's subordinates (especially Dumbsfeld) and left W alone.

 

[ScottMac]

Elect him anyway. What the hell. How bad could it be?