September 4 2008: Senator McCain around early morning suffers a heart attack while sleeping. Soon after is rushed to the hosptial.

Wolf Biltzer:CNN has now confirmed that Republican candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain was pronounced dead around 10 mins ago on the final day of the 2008 Republican national convention.

We have yet to know if there will be a contested convention for the nominee and the Vice President nominee.


(This is a open timeline so feel free to update but please keep it realistic)
 
Ron Paul can't be chosen. He's too crazy. Even if he is, he'll lose, like that. The man is psycho. If you want Obama to win everywhere, this is your best bet.
 
September 4 2008: Senator McCain around early morning suffers a heart attack while sleeping. Soon after is rushed to the hosptial.

Wolf Biltzer:CNN has now confirmed that Republican candidate and Arizona Senator John McCain was pronounced dead around 10 mins ago on the final day of the 2008 Republican national convention.

We have yet to know if there will be a contested convention for the nominee and the Vice President nominee.


(This is a open timeline so feel free to update but please keep it realistic)
Romney or Huckabee would emerge as the nominee in the event that McCain dies and no VP is selected and whichever one of them doesn't get the nomination in 2008 would get it in 2012, so I see no path for Paul to get the nomination, barring a POD dating back to at least the 1960s if not the 1920s.
 
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