I would like to hereby retract everything I had to say against West Wing Season Six...
...at least as far as "realism" goes.
Now, I know what you're thinking: "But Kasey, you were so adamant! You were so FIRM that what was happening on West Wing that season would never, never, ever happen. Your statement that the District of Columbia would vote for George Bush before a moderate maverick Republican would win the nomination was full of conviction. You declared that there was absolutely no way that, in the modern political primary system, a party would go into the convention without a nominee. Strong and firm was your conviction."
And yet, it appears I was wrong.
Moderate, maverick Republican wins most of the primaries. Conservative religious guy drops out to give said maverick the nomination.
On the Democrat side: Establishment candidate v. outsider non-white candidate duking it out over every state, every delegate, every superdelegate. No clear nominee after Super Tuesday. Likely no clear nominee going into the convention.
Here's hoping the VP candidate doesn't have to die in order for the Democrat to win. Here's really hoping the originally-planned ending* doesn't happen.
*It was planned that Vinnik would win the election, until John Spencer died and they decided that losing Leo AND the election would be too much for poor Josh
Now, I know what you're thinking: "But Kasey, you were so adamant! You were so FIRM that what was happening on West Wing that season would never, never, ever happen. Your statement that the District of Columbia would vote for George Bush before a moderate maverick Republican would win the nomination was full of conviction. You declared that there was absolutely no way that, in the modern political primary system, a party would go into the convention without a nominee. Strong and firm was your conviction."
And yet, it appears I was wrong.
Moderate, maverick Republican wins most of the primaries. Conservative religious guy drops out to give said maverick the nomination.
On the Democrat side: Establishment candidate v. outsider non-white candidate duking it out over every state, every delegate, every superdelegate. No clear nominee after Super Tuesday. Likely no clear nominee going into the convention.
Here's hoping the VP candidate doesn't have to die in order for the Democrat to win. Here's really hoping the originally-planned ending* doesn't happen.
*It was planned that Vinnik would win the election, until John Spencer died and they decided that losing Leo AND the election would be too much for poor Josh