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She be thinkin' about it all the time, but that don' mean she be goin' to do it.

This is a familiar pre-1968 scenario. Back then, the nomination was decided at the convention, so you could jump in at the last minute and still hope to win. In 1960, Kennedy and Humphrey entered the primaries, and Symington, Johnson, and Stevenson stayed on the sidelines, hoping delegates would give them the nomination. In 1968, I don't think Humphrey entered a single primary, but he still won the nomination (relying in part on "favorite son" candidates in various primary states, but picking up delegates in the many non-primary states).

So much has changed since then that it's hard to imagine a candidate swooping in late and walking off with the nomination.

But a girl can dream, can't she?

[Robert A Cook PE]

So much has changed since then (1968) that it's hard to imagine a candidate swooping in late and walking off with the nomination.

Her gamble is a brokered convention (no single candidate winning enough primaries to get a majority WITHOUT her “approved” DNC master delegates (governors (?), representatives, senators)).

As soon as that “first ballot” is finished (with no 50% winner) all bets are off and she is cleared to be “acclaimed” as the nominee - WITH NO PRIMARY CAMPAIGN. Hillary's biggest fear is a primary win (by somebody else, an Oprah candidacy, or a "Draft Michelle" campaign.

[PghBaldy]

RFK’s death helped Hubert a bit too...