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Former Colorado state Republican party chairman Ryan Call talked to Laura Ingraham today to explain the delegation-selection process works and how it "cuts out any semblance of democracy or the popular will." Call said the statewide convention that chooses the delegates reinforces all the worst stereotypes of the party. "The very time we should be opening up our doors and being more open and transparent, and welcoming people into our Party, we’ve essentially made the decision to close it off and make it more cumbersome and more difficult. And, to prevent the ability of people to have their voice heard...

“All Colorado Republicans [registered more than a month] could vote in precinct caucuses, which chose delegates to congressional and state conventions, who voted for national delegates.” That’s my (unabbreviated) Tweet summarizing the way that Colorado Republicans chose delegates to the national Republican Convention. I should know; as a Colorado Republican I participated in the caucuses. But apparently, for some Trump supporters, my experience participating in the caucus process is no match for a Drudge headline claiming it never happened. As of the evening of April 10, Drudge claimed on its main page, “Fury as Colorado has no primary or caucus;...

Calling the Colorado Republican Party’s decision not to hold a primary popular vote a scandal, talk-radio host Michael Savage declared Sen. Ted Cruz should disavow the move and call for a vote. “What just happened in Colorado should, frankly, disqualify Cruz, who claims to be a constitutional conservative,” Savage told his listeners Monday. Savage is a strong supporter of GOP front-runner Donald Trump, who has been a regular guest on “The Savage Nation.” (full article at link)

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. - The Colorado GOP is getting some backlash after someone with access to the party's Twitter account posted, and quickly deleted, the following message: "We did it. #NeverTrump."

Special note from Colorado GOP Chairman Steve House on the decision to eliminate the presidential straw poll: This past week I have received many questions about why the Colorado GOP eliminated the presidential straw poll at this year's caucus. There are several important facts and considerations to take into account. At no time prior to this year has a straw poll bound delegates to specific candidates. Many thought that the 2012 straw poll bound delegates to winner Rick Santorum. In fact it did not. There are some voters who believe this year the Democrats will bind delegates to Hillary Clinton...

Ted Cruz's SELF SERVING effort Helping to Destroy The GOPe by BYPASSING the VOTER to TAKE DELEGATES. This fellow in the video was a Republican Party State Delegate in Colorado. He was removed from his position because he voted for TRUMP. Not having a Primary, No Caucus, NO PUBLIC VOTE and CRUZ gets All THE DELEGATES. That is Disenfranchising the voters . . . and you don't think their will be a price to pay! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrqLQK7ecNE

In his first Sunday show interview since taking on an expanded role in Donald Trump's campaign, Paul Manafort was quick to raise questions about the tactics Sen. Ted Cruz' campaign is using to secure delegates. After being asked whether threatening delegates is fair game in the hunt for the 1237 required to secure the republican nomination, Manafort responded, "It's not my style, and it's not Donald Trump's style … But it is Ted Cruz's style." He then called the Cruz campaign's methods "Gestapo tactics, scorched-earth tactics." "We're going to be filing several protests because reality is, you know, they are...

The Colorado convention have been removing and replacing any delegate who will vote for Trump. The GOP continues to show their disdain for the democrat process. This fella, Larry Lindsey of Colorado, found himself confronting, head-on, into the corruption of current Presidential politics.

Video from Larry Wayne Lindsey: Well, the Douglas County GOP made good on its threat to remove my name from the roster and replaced me with someone of their choosing. I have been a lifelong Republican, but I am ashamed to call myself a Republican, and after this election, I never will be again. From henceforth, I am a Constitutional Conservative, and my mission in life is the demise of the corrupt Republican Party!

The Republican establishment may have tipped its hand when the Colorado GOP appeared to tweet its elation Saturday following Sen. Ted Cruz's phenomenal performance at the state convention. The Texas firebrand walked away with 30 of the state's 37 GOP delegates in his pocket, with verbal assurances from four others that they would switch to him after the first ballot. Following the vote, this message was tweeted, and later deleted, from the state party's Twitter account:

David Coonradt came to the Colorado state Republican convention as part of Ted Cruz's “persuasion team,” a squad of volunteers working to secure more delegates to propel Cruz to the party's presidential nomination. He came ready to tout the Texas senator's gun-rights and antiabortion credentials, the most crucial information he had to impart appeared on the back of his neon orange Tshirt. “The official Ted Cruz slate,” the shirt blared, with the names of 13 prospective delegates below. More than 600 people were vying Saturday for 13 delegate slots for the Republican National Convention in July. The Cruz campaign wanted...

Ted Cruz supporters took all 13 of the delegates up for grabs on Saturday to complete a clean sweep of the state. But it was not without controversy. The Cruz camp and GOP establishment leaders strong-armed their way to a sweep by banning Trump delegates and omitting them from the ballots… and listing Cruz delegates TWICE! The liberal media and GOP establishment will call this “good electioneering.” One Trump delegate (379) was not listed on the ballot while a Cruz delegate (378) was listed twice.

This is not the best way to end a Republican state party convention. Just moments after Colorado Republican Party Chairman Steve House announced the results of a day-long convention that awarded Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) 34 delegates to the Republican National Convention, the party's official Twitter account sent out a message suggesting party leaders were pleased with the results."We did it. #NeverTrump" the tweet said."It's not us!" a party spokesman shouted as he ran into a room full of reporters covering the convention. The tweet was immediately deleted — but not before reporters spotted it and took screen grabs: The...

The Republican Party is getting a political blood transfusion. For Democrats, this may not be good news. Colorado's GOP transformation progressed Saturday with the convention election of El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn to run in the Republican primary of the United States Senate. He won with 2,664 votes. Tim Neville, the presumed front-runner going in, garnered only 696 votes.

Colorado is one of six states or territories — including American Samoa, Guam, North Dakota, Wyoming and the Virgin Islands — that opted not to hold Republican presidential caucuses or a primary decided by voters. Instead, the state’s Republicans are meeting this weekend to finalize a slate of 37 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July. The process is not simple, however. On Saturday, thousands will pack an arena in Colorado Springs as more than 600 candidates speak for 20 seconds each in an effort to be delegates. Cruz is also slated to speak, along with a...

In 2015 the National Republican party (RNC) demanded a loyalty pledge from candidate Donald Trump. Yesterday, the Republican Party of Colorado worked aggressively to insure that Donald Trump would not be allowed as the party candidate. Then the Colorado GOP sent the following message: Tweet - Image https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/colorado-gop-tweet.jpg?w=640 Here’s are examples of what took place Video Colorado Trump Delegate Removed And Replaced https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=141&v=MVc_hIKFmmE Tweet https://twitter.com/KFaulders/status/718925325762048000 The Colorado GOP also considered the following resolution: Image https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/colorado-resolution.jpg?w=662&h=883 The goal for Donald Trump should be to take control over the entire Republican Party Apparatus, and then begin a system-wide party deconstruction.

WASHINGTON (AP) — clip Ted Cruz's big delegate victory in Colorado increases the chances of a contested Republican convention this summer. clip Trump would need to win nearly 60 percent of all the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination before the convention. So far, he's winning 46 percent. Following Cruz's sweep of Colorado's remaining delegates on Saturday, the Associated Press count stands at Trump 743, Cruz 545, and John Kasich 143. Marco Rubio, who suspended his campaign, has 171 delegates. clip

While Donald Trump continues to lead in delegate count, this week has not been his in terms of momentum. The GOP frontrunner was handed a resounding defeat in Wisconsin, where rival Ted Cruz beat him 48.2% to 35.1%. Now all eyes have turned to New York, the next primary in the nominating contest, with 95 delegates at stake — where Trump currently enjoys a commanding 56% to 22% lead over Cruz in the latest poll. But even before the New York primary in a couple weeks, Trump may be precluded from reaching the required 1,237 delegates before the Republican National...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It’s not easy being a Donald Trump supporter in Colorado. Becky Mizel, a prominent Trump volunteer and former county party chairwoman in the state, was standing at the entrance to the Colorado GOP Convention, waving a slate of delegates the Trump campaign has endorsed to send to the national convention. With her arm still in the air, she needled a volunteer tasked with setting up Trump signs outside of the arena where the convention is being held, and was upset because they went missing. “Somebody stole them,” Mizel said under her breath, sounding irritated but unsurprised....

With a contested Republican convention looming, the fierce fight for delegates shifts to the key states of Colorado and Michigan this weekend, just as Donald Trump is scrambling to match the formidable delegate wrangling operation of Ted Cruz. While Trump holds a wide lead over Cruz in the delegate count, the prospects for either candidate to win the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination is looking increasingly slim after Cruz's win in Wisconsin. And the Texas senator is dominating the complex, behind-the-scenes race for delegates at state conventions like the recent one in North Dakota.