Posted on 08/26/2015 8:33:31 AM PDT by JediJones
The state party's executive committee voted Friday to eliminate the presidential preference poll held during the party's March caucuses. That means there will be no official count of who won that contest.
The vote was unanimous and drew little attention until it was reported by The Denver Post on Tuesday.
State GOP Chairman Steve House said the change was made in response to a new Republican National Committee rule that would have made the presidential preference poll binding.
The executive committee decided that would bring too much formality to the caucuses, which have drawn criticism in the past for being too easy for fringe candidates with small but motivated groups of supporters to overwhelm.
House acknowledged the party is essentially surrendering its early role in the presidential nominating contest.
"In this particular year, people are looking to (see) how can we be relevant if something unusual happens."
Colorado Democrats have made no changes to their March 1 caucuses, which still include a presidential preference poll.
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Basically, they don't want their delegates to HAVE to vote for whoever wins the presidential nomination in their caucuses. The national Republican party changed the rules this year so the delegates would have to be bound to the winner. Colorado in turn cancelled the presidential poll completely so their delegates can continue to vote for whoever they want no matter who the people of their state vote for.
To clarify, their people WILL NOT vote on a candidate in the GOP primary. They will only select delegates who can vote for whoever they want. Their primary will not have a “winner” among the candidates because they won’t even have a vote on the candidates.
Yeah...right. That's the reason.
The dishonesty of the GOPe is undemocratic. What is the value of this party, which neither contests the opposition, nor differs with it.
It is cronyism and graft of an order not rivaled by any Latin American or African country.
The only difference is the public’s unwillingness to see it.
Trump needs to address all this tomfoolery and again float the idea of running 3rd party if the shenanigans continue. He’s getting the media in line, now he needs to blowtorch the GOPe apparatus in all the states who are considering toying with the process.
The caucuses are so ridiculous that practically no one attends; and at the last one I attended, 3/4 of the people who did show up left immediately after the presidential straw poll. Eliminating this poll should therefore result in a turnout that is about 1/4 of the usually dismal number.
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Caucuses should be banned. Here, we see attempt to hide the real choice of delegates, to facilitate fraud by GOPe.
“The dishonesty of the GOPe is undemocratic”.
It really is. It mirrors the Democrats.
The delegates will still vote at the GOP national convention. They just won’t be bound
by the usual caucus vote earlier in the year......
http://cologop.org/colorados-delegates-to-the-2016-rnc-will-be-unbound/
August 25, 2015
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—Last Friday, members of the Colorado Republican Committee’s Executive
Committee decided against holding a straw poll at its 2016 caucus. The decision means Colorado’s
delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention will be unbound.
Republican National Committee bylaws do
not allow states to hold non-binding preference polls. Any straw poll conducted at the caucus in
2016 would bind delegates to the poll’s results, even if a candidate ultimately decides to suspend
or withdraw their campaign.
“Eliminating the straw poll means the delegates we send to the national convention in Cleveland
will be free to choose the candidate they feel can best put America back on a path to prosperity
and security,” Chairman Steve House said. “No one wants to see their vote cast for an empty chair,
especially not on a stage as big as the national convention’s.”
I’m in Colorado - and this really pisses me off. If the GOPe shoves Yeb! up my rear-end as a nominee, I’ll vote a straight Demo ticket. It appears that the GOP is trying to leave me - not me leaving the GOP.
These discussions have been going on long before the current slate of candidates developed.
The “non-binding” straw polls have been managed by unenforceable “rules” for some time, all the way down to the precinct level.
The delegates are elected and “sometimes” are told their vote MUST reflect the results of the straw poll.
In fact, the delegates can cast their ballot for whomever they please.
The GOP-E of Colorado knows what’s best for Colorado, Coloradans, and all Americans, legal and illegal, they’ve been told by Reince Prince and the RNC. Jeb Bush would approve of this comment.
The national GOP did a good thing.
In 2012, Paul stole Colorado, Minnesota, Louisiana and Iowa from Santorum. Had those states quickly awarded delegates to him, Santorum would have finished the early states right on Romney’s heals. He would have very likely been seen as the not-Romney candidate in Super Tuesday. Had he won Super Tuesday, he quite possibly would have been the candidate.
As it was, Santorum and Gingrich split Super Tuesday’s not-Romney popular vote very evenly, with Paul also getting a sizeable chunk. With that split , Romney swept Super Tuesday with a fairly small plurality and then rolled through April with huge super-majorities.
The GOP left many of us, long ago, but they still send request for money.
The GOP continues to commit suicide as a national party. If it were not for Cruz, I’d be openly lobbying for Trump to leave and start the third party that will quickly replace the GOP. Nothing says that these two parties must be the ONLY parties in America. As recently as 1968, FIVE states gave their electoral votes to a third party.
I won’t donate to them. I sat in one of their call centers pushing people to go vote. Held my nose and pulled the lever for both McInsane and Mitts.
No more. I’ve had enough of them.
We gave them the House and the Senate and what have they given us? They got the Gold Mine, while we got the shaft.
I’m retired so I don’t have many years left on the planet. It’s not likely to impact me as much as the next generation that’s going to take over. If it screws the GOPe, then so be it.
Just this morning I was telling my wife Trump isn’t my first, second, and possibly third choice.
However, if the eGOP prevent Trump from a fair shot at the nomination or try to keep him off the primary ballots they better nominate Cruz or maybe one other .
If they somehow get Bush, Kascish, Graham the nomination I’ll vote 3rd Party for Trump (if he does that) or write in his name.
I'm with you . This may be my last Presidential election, if I make it that far.
No more lesser of two evils.
“with that split , Romney swept Super Tuesday with a fairly small plurality and then rolled through April with huge super-majorities.”
And we see how well that worked out! Romney was so succesful that he garnered 5 million less R votes than McCain....
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