As I said before, in a brokered convention, I don’t think ANY of the current remaining candidates will be chosen.
If you can’t decisively win in the primaries, you won’t be able to convince the convention that you are THE ONE.
I don’t think ANY of the current remaining candidates will be chosen.You might be right... anything can happen... but it's worth pointing out that in a brokered convention the delegates don't just gather up their toys and go home.
A brokered convention is brokered by the delegates.
The winner still has to win the delegate count.
What changes is that there is a series of votes and with each vote wherein no one gets the majority more and more delegates are "unbound".
So yes, a non-candidate could possibly win. But I think that's highly unlikely. If Gingrich, for example, arrived at the convention floor with 1000 highly-motivated, very-loyal delegates they wouldn't just quickly melt away and vote for Jeb Bush.
An effort would be made to build a coalition that would put someone over the magic number... just like in a parliamentary democracy.
Well, it isn’t as if it hasn’t happened before, but I have to note, that is how America ended up with Chester Arthur as VP... and then POTUS.
Anyway, a brokered convention is just about a politically nitty gritty as you can get, it is real hard core in the trenches politicking. It would actually be fun to watch if it weren’t so damned vital to the nation. Makes it kind of hard to enjoy the battle as it were.
Agree. We don’t need any brokered conventions. There will be blood on the floor and the MSM will go to town with this and Obama will cruise to victory. With only 60 days left after the convention, there won’t be enough time to co-ordinate and launch a major national campaign.
Besides, the weekend contests left Romney with 454 delegates in the AP’s count, more than all his rivals combined. Santorum had 217, while Gingrich had 107 and Texas Rep. Ron Paul had 47. It’s a Santorum v. Romney match up at this point in time.