Could this scenario work?

Both the Democrats and Republicans have some pretty lackluster candidates for the 2012 presidential election.

As things stand right now; Mitt Romney will be defeated worse than Barry Goldwater in the lowest voter turn out in history.

The number of committed delegates garnered during the many primaries are only valid during the first ballot at the respective national convention.

If after the first ballot no candidate recieves a simple majority of delegate votes then the respective convention goes to an additional ballot and the formerly committed delegates are released to vote as they wish.

I'm sure there are a lot of delegates bound for their respective conventions that would really prefer to nominate somebody else, like Hillary Clinton or Condoleeza Rice for example.

But they can't because they're bound to somebody else----Just on the first ballot.

Consider this, a real grassroots machine kind of politics that we've haven't seen since Micheal J. Curley was mayor of Boston.

First: The operatives of the dark horse candidate make certain that a quorum (half the voters plus one) is maintained on the convention floor at all times.

Second: Dark horse backers ferret out delegates that would really prefer nominating somebody other than the heir-apparent that they been committed to since some long ago half forgotten primary.

Third: When the roll of states is called in alphabetical order starting with Alabama and ending with Wyoming accredited delegates from states in between start leaving the convention floor to 'go to the bathroom' if anybody should ask leaving delegate rich states like New York, Pennsyvania, Ohio and others casting about a dozen votes from the convention floor out of a potential of more than 60 from that state's delegation.

Get the idea?

Mebbe if somebody got balls enough to organize a REAL machine mebbe we'll get a selection of REAL candidates from which to elect a REAL president.