OK, Everyone. Fantasize a scenario in which Gore is drafted in 2008.

[Jackpine Radical]

Is there any way a candidate could get the nom without having run in the primaries? Once upon a time, in the old Smoke-Filled Room era, it was not uncommon for the outcome of the nominating process to actually be decided at the convention, with people horsetrading forces aligning and realigning,& many votes being conducted before there was a nominee. Sometimes the winner was a darkhorse candidate that nobody had even considered seriously until the convention bogged down.

Could it happen again? Could the party turn to anoint someone **cough Gore cough** as the White Knight, even though that person had not entered a single primary?