If Cruz is in on this scam, he’s just lost my vote.
I was leaning Trump but could support Cruz.
But not if he joins in on the GOPe treachery.
You got the difference between “brokered” and “contested”?
Cruz would not allow the Establishment to “broker” their awful establishment guy (probably Rubio) into the nomination. Cruz would fight that one to death.
In a “contested” convention, Cruz agrees delegates should vote for their guy as required in the first round. In subsequent rounds, the rules say the delegates can vote for whoever they want. That’s the game as pre-specified. Everyone has been playing by those rules, and they are fair. At that point, Trump may win outright with more than 50%. Or, Cruz might. But the winner is the guy who can get 50% of the delegates sent by their candidates.
Those are the rules as I understand them. They are reasonable. Like Bush v. Gore, you play by the rules set out in advance (in that case, the Electoral College), not based on popular vote.
Riiiiiiight.
Cruz is clearly selling a contested convention so he can steal it from Trump. He is looking at the primary calendar and he knows he can’t win otherwise.
Beware of the false conservatives. By their associations you shall know them. Are outsiders gathered from the insiders? Anti-establishment from the establishment?
What scam? This is the way it has worked for many years. A “contested” convention is a contest between the candidates who have gone through the primary. If Trump is so good at making deals he should win it in a walk. Cruz has said he is still absolutely against a “brokered” convention. If you are going so far in the tank for Trump at least use facts.