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Rule 40 b requiring 8 state majorities for a nomination on the floor will preclude any candidate other than Trump and possibly Cruz to be nominated. This applies on the first ballot and any successive ballots. Just amend the rule? Guess who has the final say on any rule change at this late date? Trump and Cruz delegates ( well over the majority), on the floor of the convention and they will never change rule 40 b. Not only that but alerts were sounded back in January by party leaders that the bound delegate is prohibited from voting if his or her candidate is not in nomination thus reducing the "Majority" need for nomination to 50%+1 of voting delegates-- not 1237.

You’re under the mistaken assumption that delegates will be loyal. They won’t. They’ll go to the highest bidder.

I believe that Trump has met that requirement, and nobody else is even close.

Cruznoids...

Careful folks, they were around here a minute ago...

You are absolutely right. Cruz and Trump will command the rules committee by their delegates. And I would say Cruz would have an advantage, as Trump didn’t do the due diligence required to get his delegates in many of these states.

They should rewrite the rules so that they may only change them after the convention.

But, they won’t.

GOP= Give us your money and WE will cast your vote. Corrupt isn’t a strong enough word

This whining Paulbot article is from 2014, not 2016.

WENDLE, you have posted a stunning and true article!

THANK YOU!

Even conservative delegates for Cruz know in the halls of their conscience that this a corruption of democracy, of one man, one vote.

I keep saying you and I get one vote, in a primary contest.

Delegates get 2, 3, 4 votes, or more, beginning at National Convention, to flip the vote of the people, or defend it.

This arbitrary number of 1237 is rigged by all the automatic delegates represented in elected state office holders from all the states. Think how large that number is. In New York, it even includes EX-Mayors!

These automatic delegates are indebted to the “system”, and the system is GOPEstablishment.

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Godfather of Trumpamania: Michael Savage about white working class –Salon
GOP Rule Change Takes Choice of Candidate Away from Rank and File Republicans –Forbes
Republican National Convention rules, 2012 –Ballotpedia
Cruz will have hundreds of influential Republican donors and Jewish leaders to himself this weekend –ColumbusRepublic
U.S. Muslims to overtake Jews by 2026 –WND
Establishment Money Funding Levin, Beck, Erickson to Attack Trump –Roger Stone
Video=>Donald Trump at Ground Zero after 9-11 Attacks –Jim Hoft
IMF's Lagarde: U.S. Economy 'Not Great' –FoxNews
Fight Over GOP Delegates in Washington –NWPR
Dems on FEC vote to punish conservative for anti-Obama movie –Dan Calabrese
Figures. Cruz Begged NYers for Donations Hours after He Spit on “NY Values” –Jim Hoft
Trump adviser says Republicans won't have contested convention –Yahoo
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Cleveland Going to Be “City under Siege" during GOP Convention –Craig Shirley
If the RNC thinks it can win a game of “chicken” against Trump supporters it had better think again –Kevin Collins
Cruz will be eliminated after NY; Trump will then say “It’s me or Romney.” –Kevin Collins
New NY poll shows Trump way up (Trump 56 Cruz 22 Kasich 17) –Emerson
Sorry, Not on My Watch –Trump tweet (graphic)
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Trump convention manager (Manafort): 'Winning isn't enough' –CNN
Facing new challenges, Trump reorganizes campaign with Paul Manafort –WaPo
Laura Bush Hints She'd Rather see Hillary as President than Republican –Telegraph
Pat Buchanan: A Trump/Cruz ticket would set the country on fire –HotAir
My Introduction for Trump –Bob Lonsberry
GAO: US debt approaching 100% of GDP; unmanageable, unsustainable –Rick Moran
There is no New York presidential primary [28 separate primaries] –AmericanThinker
Trump to Skip Colorado GOP Convention –DailyCaller
These 200 people could decide whether Donald Trump gets the GOP nomination –WaPo
Candidates embarrassingly bumble through NYC [Clinton, Cruz, Kasich] –NYPost
Cruz Camp Sends Letters to Supporters on How to Harass and Steal Delegates –Jim Hoft
What Trump Gets Right about Stocks and Economy [so says Wash.Post] –FiscalTimes
New Kasich NY ad goes after Cruz, ignores Trump –Wash.Examiner
RNC Rules Member: Expect ‘Tweaks’ to Rules at Upcoming Florida Meeting –DailyCaller
Cruz to O’Reilly: You ‘Defend’ Trump ‘a Lot’ –Breitbart
Cruz campaign: Trump should drop out if he can't get 50% in his home state –Twitter
Trump’s New Magic Number: 40 Percent of the Vote –Nate Silver, 538
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Rules are set prior to the Convention by the Rules Committee, but voted on by the body of delegates in the Convention.

However, lest we forget, the RUUUULES can be changed *during* the convention as. it. progresses.

That dang 1237 is out of reach in a field of 17, compared to a field of six.

Endless money keeps many contenders in way too long and when they finally exit, the system ties up their delegates under the mantel of “unpledged” until Convention day.

These failed candidates then hold too much sway at the Convention, over their “unpledged delegates”, swinging them to whomever serves his or her interests and not to the will of the people.

I believe you are incorrect about how first round ballots are recorded. Delegate votes are recorded without regard to whether the candidate’s name is placed in nomination. Thus Ron Paul’s 200 or so votes were recorded in 2012 and Carson and other votes will be recorded in 2016.