Someone posed this kind-of-a-nightmare political scenario over the weekend, and it turned into an interesting discussion. Let's see what ST says.
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Assume that the recent trends hold: Donald Trump earns the Republican nomination and Sec. Clinton earns the Democratic nomination.
Then assume the worst for September. If we look at the worst things that each of their critics says, and if those worst things turn out to be true, what happens if the worst really does come to pass:
-- Donald Trump faces weeks of harsh, unrelenting criticism for not stating any principles or positions, eventually culminating in a series of "Swift Boat" style attacks; in a surprising press conference, he drops out of the race to return to private life.
-- Sec. Clinton faces weeks of harsh, unrelenting criticism for all the things we've seen and then some, eventually culminating in a series of "Swift Boat" style attacks; in a surprise move, the U.S. Department of Justice actually indicts her on criminal charges stemming from both her home-based email server and suspicious financial transactions carried out by the Clinton Foundation, so she drops out of the race, too.
And just for fun, assume each of them announces their decision to withdraw on September 8 -- exactly two months before election day.
What happens next?
Who do the respective parties nominate in place of each of them? Does anyone jump in as an independent candidate while the parties work out the chaos.
[NOTE: Yes, we all know that none of this could possibly ever happen. That's not the point. The point is, what happens if both candidates from both major parties in the election for President jump out of the race (or are forced out) two months prior to election day.]
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