How can they replace Hillary this late in the game? What about the disenfranchised sanders voters? They will definitely be feeling the bern!
I think the plan was for Hillary to get all the delegates for the convention. Those delegates would be establishment type DNC people they could count on to vote Kerry in the convention when Hillary steps out... I dont think they thought Sanders would do this well. He is pulling way too many delegates then they planned. They probably also thought Sanders would have dropped out earlier.
By saying, "We hereby replace Hillary this late in the game."
Do not forget New Jersey, where clear laws stated Torrecelli could not be replaced in any way, just prior to the election.
Ergo, the Democrats promptly replaced him with Lautenberg, just prior to the election.
She can get sick.