PRNJ Election Tomfoolery - On a National Scale

(Hat Tip: Editor in Pajamas)

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR THE DNC TO DUMP KERRY? NOT MUCH, APPARENTLY

NRO -- Suppose Kerry is tainted by the memo, and the whole thing crushes his chances. His poll numbers plummet around the country. By October, he looks like he's on his way to a Dukakis-Mondale style blowout. Worse, he's dragging down Senate candidates in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Colorado, etc. The Democrats face an election day with even worse losses in the House.

Would the Democratic party dump Kerry, and bring in some other candidate at the last minute?

It's happened before. NJ's Senator Robert Toricelli was on his way to a defeat, so instead of taking the loss, Toricelli stepped down for ethical reasons, and was replaced on the ballot by Frank Lautenberg. After the deadline set forth in NJ election law. After the people had voted for Toricelli in the primary election. After his opponent spent gobs of money running against Toricelli. After his opponent had fine-tuned his strategy. The result, Lauthenberg won the election.

Let's hope they don't try to pull this trick (and trick it is) again.