Posted on 07/15/2016 10:06:13 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Political journalists dream of a contested convention every presidential election. This year, it really seemed possible that Republicans would go into their convention without a nominee. Alas, it was not to be.
In 1976, though, it actually happened.
Republican President Gerald Ford, who ascended to the presidency after Richard Nixon resigned, faced a primary challenge from Ronald Reagan. What ensued was great political theater. Ford and Reagan traded victories during the primaries, and neither received a majority of delegates. Both entered the Republican National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, unsure of the outcome. Then the loser (Reagan) ended up getting the last laugh by setting the party’s ideological course for decades to come and ascending to sainthood in Republican politics.
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I admire men like Reagan and Giuliani who just barely lose but come back stronger four years later. It would break some men, losing in a close contest.
As far as Trump, as the unofficial FR worrier, even I’m getting VERY confident he will win.
Still making calls and donating though. We cant let up.
Ford used the word EXTREMIST repetitively
What the Republican primary told us about Nate Silver: he’s a cuck.
Cruz so much as threatened a ‘repeat’ of the 1976 Republican convention in his IN so called suspension speech.... Problem is Cruz will NEVER be a Ronald Reagan... And Trump is NO Gerald Ford
The cuckservatives hate conservatives - they did then and they do now.
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