How can Jeb Bush become president w/o running in the primary?

[rhett o rick]

I have a couple of ideas, crazy but then times are crazy.

[Kingofalldems]

1. Deadlocked convention--another arrogant Bush rides in

[customerserviceguy]

4. Except for the fact that even the Repukes don't want Jeb

His stand on illegal immigrants is anathema to them.

[rhett o rick]

11. Both Romney and The Knewt have had similar stands. Besides what I am saying is that The Knewt will

choose Jeb for his running mate. If elected, Jeb will be the Cheney to The Knewt's Bush. Or The Knewt will step down for some reason. Or be assassinated by some patsy ala Lee Harvey Oswald.

[rhett o rick]

6. What if he is choosen to be vice president and if they win and the president steps down?

Bingo-Bango, another Bush in the WH. "The smart son".
There are a number of ways the president might be encouraged to "step" down. The Newt would do it for cash. Perry could be threatened to be outed. I bet KKKarl has something on all of them.

It's a strange world.

[madinmaryland]

8. I would say that is really speculative. He might run as Veep, but the resignation would not happen.

??

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. How could Schwarzenneger become governor of California?

With a little help from his Enron and BushCo friends.

[Brother Buzz]

3. If he polishes his armor and grooms his white steed....

would he be good to go? Politics is timing; I'd love to be a fly on the wall in his camp.

[rhett o rick]

14. Yuck, that sounds so dirty

Maybe it's my dirty mind.

[Brother Buzz]

16. I have a Crusader Rabbit image à la Crusader Bunnypants in my mind

[Bogart]

5. He can't.

[rhett o rick]

7. Please see post 6. nm

[lib2DaBone]

9. Even the mention of JEB Bush as President turns my stomach....

..let alone his clone, Marco Rubio as VP.

The Bush/Rubio Real Estate Cartel of downtown Miami....

[jmowreader]

10. Complete gridlock in the GOP and a brokered convention

If the Republicans make it to the convention without having one candidate with enough delegates to secure the nomination, they'll have to pick someone else because, unlike every other election season in recent memory, I don't think any of these people will drop out and commit their delegates to another candidate.

If this happens, though, expect Obama to win more states than he did last time.

[Generic Other]

12. Babs rollodex has all the numbers for the old regime

Easier to re-install the old dicks than create new ones.

[housewolf]

13. There's this procedural thing called a "brokered convention"

It isn't used very often.

As I recall, the delegates are onlly committed to their candidates for a certain number of votes (I think it's 3, but it's been a long time since I learned about that so I don't completely remember). If none of the candidates win a majority after that many roll calls, the delegates are freed to vote for someone else. So that's when a process of candidates negotiating for votes starts, and it keeps going until someone wins a majority.

See, when we vote in a primary, we're actually voting for delegates. You might be interested in reading up on the delegate selection and allocation system - it's pretty interest though somewhat arcane.

[frazzled]

15. Transmogrification

Or teleportation. One or the other; I don't know.