Posted on 06/02/2015 11:36:12 AM PDT by jimbo123
Nevada is keeping its caucuses for selecting presidential nominees, a blow to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and other contenders who hoped to shift the early-voting state to a system of primaries.
Caucuses are considered favorable to candidates who have a network of highly motivated activists, such as Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.
Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who has met with Bush, backed legislation to change to a primary, but the bill never came up for a vote before the Legislature adjourned Monday night. It was the subject of frantic horse-trading and lobbying in the state capitol in Carson City until the final minutes of the session.
The state's Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison, chairman of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign in Nevada, had pushed for the bill.
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As much as I hate to admit it, it looks like Bush is a clear shoe in to be the Candidate for 2016.
They are moving to divide the Right vote in many places already, such as by having Graham running, so that the South Carolina vote gets split going into the Florida Primaries.
Im not too sure about that...Nevada isnt a winner take all state so a split would actually help the closer contenders and even those in the 2nd tier....or am I wrong?
“They are moving to divide the Right vote in many places already, such as by having Graham running, so that the South Carolina vote gets split going into the Florida Primaries.”
I don’t see how Graham is going to take votes from the conservative since Graham is a RINO... Seems that it would take votes from Bush.
Sometimes dyslexia causes issues:
>> Nevada Stays With Caucus System in Blow to Jeb Bush <<
I had to read that title about three times.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think what he is saying is that traditionally conservative South Carolina comes three weeks before the Florida primary. If a conservative (or Rubio) could pull out a big win in SC it could propel them to a victory in winner take all Florida over Bush. With Graham in the race, SC will probably go to him and Bush will cruise into Florida and get all of those delegates.
You’re right. Caucuses are a better way than primaries. Cross over voters don’t come to caucuses.
You’re right. Paradoxically the more RINO candidates there are the more likely a RINO will get the nod not because of mere mathematics but because one RINO will suck the votes from a true conservative in an early state, denying him much needed momentum. Momentum is what really drives these from state to state anyway, at least as far as any underdog is concerned. Then the (apparently preassigned) RINO drops out of the race, job done, and throws his support behind the real nominee all along.
Just watch, Graham will drop out after the SC primary: job DONE.
That’s why so many pay such attention to irrelevant states like NH and Iowa to begin with. NH especially is irrelevant in the general election but is crucial in a crowded field of primaries.
What really bothers me is that the Democrats never seem to suffer from this problem at least not in recent memory. It’s only the Republicans who can’t seem to settle on a candidate earlier. This is what really sticks us with RINO’s year after year. Our inability to weed them out.
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