And in the midst of the latrine called gd-p is some Biden love.

[jillan]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5123127&mesg_id=5123127

;)

edit to fix link

[hvn_nbr_2]

1. Thoughts like that have crossed my mind lately.

If Hil and O beat each other up enough that they're both damaged goods and/or would split the party for the general election, it's conceivable that enough superdelegates or even unpledged delegates would deprive either of the nomination and they might look to someone else. It wouldn't be Edwards because he's too anti-establishment. Biden would be one of several possibilities. There hasn't been a convention that went beyond one ballot for quite awhile but it could happen.

[gateley]

3. When you say --

"There hasn't been a convention that went beyond one ballot for quite awhile but it could happen." == what does going beyond ballot mean? I don't get what WOULD happen, or what CAN happen if there's no clear candidate by the time of the convention.

Thanks! :hi:

[hvn_nbr_2]

4. Going beyond one ballot

If nobody gets a majority of the votes on the first ballot, then they have another ballot, and another and another... until someone gets a majority. That obviously only happens normally when there are more than two candidates who are still viable or have legally bound delegates. That used to happen fairly frequently but I think it's been 50+ years since it happened at either of the two major parties' conventions.

There have been times (I think) when the candidate who finally ended up being chosen wasn't even a candidate going into the convention. If the convention deadlocked, they would sometimes choose some compromise candidate who wouldn't split the party.

[gateley]

6. Thanks for the education~

And it's OBVIOUS who that candidate is "who wouldn't split the party". :7

[gateley]

2. Thanks for the link, P -- interesting.

I think, too, that if it comes to it, Biden would appeal to BOTH Clinton and Obama supporters, don't you? AND McCain supporters.

God -- dare we hope?

:hi:

[jillan]

5. Hi stranger!

:hi:

Glad to see you got your computer fixed. yeah!