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RNC Official Claims ‘Every Delegate Is a Superdelegate,’ Can Override Will of Voters
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Posted on 03/15/2016 8:26:42 AM PDT by TigerClaws

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1 posted on 03/15/2016 8:26:42 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

If the establishment picks anyone other than the person who won the most delegates, the GOP will lose in November.


2 posted on 03/15/2016 8:29:25 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: TigerClaws

Unless RNC darling Rubio drops out, he could very well be our nominee? Is that how this works?


3 posted on 03/15/2016 8:29:29 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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To: TigerClaws

So they can vote Trump unanimously on the first ballot?


4 posted on 03/15/2016 8:29:37 AM PDT by Religion and Politics
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To: TigerClaws

Does this mean that Mittens will be the GOP nominee again?


5 posted on 03/15/2016 8:29:45 AM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is in the tent..)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

They will lose all state elections and Congress.
Count on it.


6 posted on 03/15/2016 8:29:51 AM PDT by mabelkitty (Trump 2016! Mabelkitty - Unengaged and Low Information Voter since 2000!)
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To: TigerClaws

If Trump gets the plurality of votes going into the convention and the GOP takes the nomination away from him, all hell will break loose.


7 posted on 03/15/2016 8:30:45 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Blood of Tyrants

That’s the plan.


8 posted on 03/15/2016 8:31:11 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: TigerClaws

He is technically correct in that it is not an RNC rule for delegates.

**HOWEVER**

Most State parties bind the delegates they send to the Convention. And those States that do not bind their delegates, generally have the candidates select which candidates represent them in the so called “loophole” contests. (Illinois and Pennsylvania for example.)

So while he is technically (de jure) correct that no delegate is bound by convention rules, he is incorrect (de facto) due to the fact that all delegates must abide by their State rules as well.


9 posted on 03/15/2016 8:32:01 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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THIS is the kind of talk that will end the GOP.

If Trump wins the required delegates and DOESN’T get the nomination, the Republican party is done.


10 posted on 03/15/2016 8:32:02 AM PDT by Brookhaven
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DA&^%$^# RNC

They are SO LUCKY Hillary is Demonic Spawn.

If we get to ‘lessor of two evils’.


11 posted on 03/15/2016 8:32:08 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (As always, /s is implicitly assumed. Unless explicitly labled /not s. Saves keystrokes.)
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To: TigerClaws

I don’t think you’re gonna want an (R) behind your name if you pull that kind of stunt.


12 posted on 03/15/2016 8:32:09 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: Blood of Tyrants

There will finally be a catalyst for a credible third party. If the first two parties thwart the will of the people then they are of no use whatsoever.


13 posted on 03/15/2016 8:32:32 AM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: TigerClaws
We're called a Representative Republic for a reason!

If the MSM thought Chicago was bad, let the GOPe not hold the delegates accountable to the voters on the 1st ballot.

14 posted on 03/15/2016 8:33:22 AM PDT by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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Will the GOP still be even a third party in 2020 if that happens this year? The GOP is going into full Whig mode.


15 posted on 03/15/2016 8:33:25 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
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To: TigerClaws

Of course they can.

They are the EXEMPT GOP, trained LIARs,
always deceptive to their voters,
always voting for ObamaTRADE,
and always obedient to Obama and
his Moslem Brotherhood, Iran, al Qaeda and N.Korea.


16 posted on 03/15/2016 8:33:31 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Blood of Tyrants
the establishment picks anyone other than the person who won the most delegates, the GOP will lose in November.

I don't think they care, given that some would support the Hildebeast over Trump and Cruz. They would still keep their power over us peons teaching us all a lesson in going against them and their preferred Rhino selection.

17 posted on 03/15/2016 8:33:34 AM PDT by submarinerswife (Allahu FUBAR.)
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To: TigerClaws
If that's the case, why bother with primaries at all? Just let our overlords pick the delegates, tell them who to vote for, and be done with it.

Do these GOPe types know what can happen when you play around with explosives? If they continue along this path, they're likely to find out.

18 posted on 03/15/2016 8:34:03 AM PDT by JPG (Go Trump!)
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To: TigerClaws

I think that the RNC needs to understand that if Trump or Cruz is not the nominee because of fishy rules that I will go nuclear and never vote republican again.


19 posted on 03/15/2016 8:34:25 AM PDT by kidd
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To: TigerClaws

People need to pay attention to this.

‘Sea Island Republican’ Hugh Hewitt has been predicting an open convention since January.

This is the latest fallback position of the GOP establishment now that Jeb! and Marco Rubio have flamed out.

If Trump or Cruz fail to gain enough votes to win on the first ballot the GOP establishment will nominate the candidate of their choice, which is likely to be Mitt Romney.


20 posted on 03/15/2016 8:34:48 AM PDT by Pelham (more than election. Revolution)
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