Possible? Certainly possible. He had Daily in his camp, who was running the thing.
Once again, the notion that Daley was about to throw his support to RFK is unproven, and even if he had, that would by no means a guarantee an RFK nomination.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...ted-rfk-if-he-had-lived.443752/#post-17022521
That being said, RFK's nomination was certainly a
possibility. It was just, IMO, never a
probability. A lot of people seem to assume he was wildly popular, which as I note in that same thread, does not seem to be supported by the polling evidence:
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FWIW, polls before RFK's assassination did not show him to be a particularly strong candidate.
"In a nationwide Gallup poll the week before Kennedy’s assassination, Vice President Hubert Humphrey narrowly led Kennedy, 34% to 28%, with Sen. Eugene McCarthy receiving 26%. Among Democrats, the split was mostly between Humphrey (40%) and Kennedy (37%) with McCarthy further behind at 16%.
"Much of Kennedy’s support came from younger people. In the three-way race for the Democratic nomination, Kennedy had the backing of 37% of those under 30, compared to 26% of those older than 30.
"That same poll showed a dead heat in a hypothetical general election matchup between Kennedy and former Vice President Richard Nixon, with Nixon at 37%, Kennedy at 35% and third-party candidate George Wallace at 17%. Adults younger than 30 would have picked Kennedy over Nixon, 44% to 33%."
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/05/polling-flashback-remembering-rfk/
RFK's position in the polls could of course have improved after his California primary victory, but as things stand there is actually little evidence to support the widely held idea that he would have been a much stronger candidate against Nixon than Humphrey was. (Also remember that his strongest age group--voters under thirty--was historically the least likely to actually vote...)