What if the unthinkable happens an older candidate for President drops dead from old age?

Question

before the convention, will that party which will remain nameless, be forced to nominate at their convention In St. Paul /Minn, one of their loosers, hopeful, also ran, as their hopeful winner?

Answer 1

it might just happen with mcain two bouts of cancer and a heart attack

Answer 2

they will go with the guy that came second in the polls. But McCain will not drop dead in the next month but it may happen in the next 4 years so he should pick a young guy. I like Tim Pawlenty, but Huckabee would be good and etc.

Answer 3

It would definitely throw "a wrench in the  works" but the party would have to quickly choose from among the runners up.  AFAIK the election cannot be postponed because of a dead candidate.

Answer 4

The nomination hasn't taken place in either party, so the 2 candidates are only candidates until formally nominated at the convention.

Hillary still has hope.

AKA Manchurian Candidate!

Answer 5

A most frightening thought.. We would be one heartbeat away from having the dumbest person ever elected to any office as pres... Pelosi

Answer 6

Stephen Colbert will take over.

Answer 7

I think it goes to the person with the next highest delegates.  What was that guy's name?  You know who I'm talking about....looks like he walked straight off the car salesroom floor back in the 1950's.  Oh yeah, Mitt Romney.

Answer 8

Why do liberals hate senior citizens all of a sudden?

Answer 9

If either candidate is unable to fulfill his role prior to the conventions, then delegates at the convention will vote for another candidate to represent them.

Answer 10

If Obama dropped dead from old age the party convention would actually remain in Denver, and the delegates would just vote for their nominee then and there.

Answer 11

If a presumptive nominee drops dead before the convention, then it will be up to the delegates at that convention to figure out who their candidate is going to be.

If Obama drops dead tomorrow, the Democrats could end up nominating Al Gore.

If McCain drops dead tomorrow, the Republicans could end up nominating Rudy Gilliani.

One thing to remember, these primaries were never legally binding.  They were put on by the parties, not the government, to decide who that party would put on the ballot in November.

Answer 12

uhh...the vice president takes over...

Answer 13

Huckabee is praying for that.