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Theoretically both could do it. If the candidates outraged their parties, both national parties could reject them. A vote would be proposed and if accepted, the delegates themselves would begin the process of selection.

Funny how we always think that everything should go smoothly as in the past and that our institutions like party conventions and electoral colleges are useless. But now when we get such fatally flawed candidates, we can only pray our parties wake up and give us better.

Will it happen? Obama's pastor is doing him in. Hillary and Bill have been so immoral that they deserve a vote to exclude them. McCain, pitiful though he is, hasn't done anything yet to Obama's or Hillary's level. So I doubt the GOP would go for the nuclear option and eject their candidate.

Perhaps they will if McCain sticks his foot much more in his mouth. One can only pray.

The Democrats, who hypocritically like to say "every vote counts" have a system of so-called "Super-delegates" who are Party hacks who can, at their whim, overturn the will of the majority of the primary voters.

The Republican Party has no such system.

"Conservatives", as the word is defined on Free Republic, are a distinct minority in 21st Century America. After eight years of a less than stellar Presidential performance by George W. Bush, the majority of America voters want, yes, "Change".

For the Democrat primary voters, "Change" meant choosing the most left-wing candidate that has ever been poised to be the candidate in the general election.

For the Republican primary voters, "Change" meant choosing a slightly right-of-center Moderate.

I am not saying that the majority of American primary voters are correct in their desires for "Change", any ""Change". As Winston Churchill once said, "The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter." I'm just saying is that is the way the Tribe voted and, this time around, conservatives candidates were voted off the island.

You can go Third Party or stay home in November if you want to but, whether you like it or not, that majority of average American voters will be choosing between a far left-wing President and a slightly right-of-center President in November.

I will be voting to ensure that Barack Obama does not become President of the United States and cause irreparable harm to America.

"But how can you vote for McCain?", many on FR will ask. "Don't you realize how much two broken legs hurt?"

Yes, I do. But two broken legs are far preferable to being burned to death in a second story apartment. Given the choice, I will jump out the second story window and galdly accept my two broken legs.

Barack Obama's Houston Campaign Office

No. The deomcrats would be able to do that only after the first round of caucusing does not produce a delegate majority winner. John McCain has a majority in hand already. Their votes can only be cast for John McCain in the first round and that means he will become the nominee in the first round of caucusing.

That being said. Can we just get on with things? Elections are not wish lists. They are choices and in America on presidential general elections they are choices between TWO people.

I cried the day Ronald Reagan past away. But he ain’t coming back and he won’t be on the ballot.

So, while McCain is certainly not everything I wished he was and there are several problem areas that he has failed us on. The fact is, he is head and shoulders above ANYTHING the democrats have to offer.

There are hundreds of reasons to vote for McCain and push him as opposed to the other candidate. Here are a few:
McCain will tax less...
McCain will hold the line on terror better...
McCain will do better on borders...
McCain doesn’t hate the military...
McCain will do more to protect the unborn...
McCain will spend less...
McCain will have more respect from foreign leaders both friend and foe...
McCain will do more to keep the death tax suspended...
McCain has a more attractive spouse...
McCain will hold the line on communist expansion in South America better...
McCain is LESS succored in re: global warming...
McCain will appoint better judges...
McCain will give more respect to the right to keep and bear arms...
McCain will give more respect to free speech...

The DNC can do no such thing; at least, not by any mechanism that’s been publicly announced. The appointed delegates (as opposed to the ones elected in the primaries) can vote for who they please, but that person won’t get nominated unless there are also a sufficient number of elected delegates who vote for them as well.

If you are aware of a mechanism by which the DNC can replace BOTH Clinton and Obama, I’d be interested in hearing it.