Reply #38: And I think you underestimate the results of an overturn. [View All]

[PatGund]

It wouldn't be "Oh, we gave the nominee to someone else instead of the primary winner, so lets' all get behind that person and it will all be sweetness and light and puppy dogs."

Even discounting the massively bitter feelings and anger such a thing would create, the fact of the matter is that is would completely distrupt both the party and fundraising for the general election. Infrastructure that was developed to interface the DNC with the Obama campaign would be ripped out, the new nominee would be at a major disadvantage in both fund-raising and campaign time. Logically, there's replacing the campaign staff already in place, setting up new operations, all of which would have to be done yesterday if not before hand.

So even if you discount the bitterness and anger, even if you discount the ways the GOP would use this to their advantage, even if you discount the complete destruction of any form of party unity, logicially speaking, it would be a handicap that almost nobody could recover from.

Sorry, I strongly believe you're underestimating the destructive effect that such an 11th hour change would cause.