Release the GOP Delegates

Wall Street Journal ^ | 6 /13/2016 | Eric O’Keefe, David B. Rivkin Jr.

[poconopundit]

Main points of the story:

• Delegates won’t be legally ‘bound’ going into the convention.

• Although 20 states have passed laws that purport to bind delegates, these statutes can’t be legally enforced.

• This year the Rules Committee will be packed with supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz, who has not endorsed Mr. Trump.

• A political party is a private association whose members join together to further their shared beliefs through electoral politics, and they have a right to choose their representatives.

• Treating parties like mini-democracies reduces choice in the general election by crowding out the features that give each party its unique identity.

• A candidate who cannot win the support of a majority of Republican delegates voting their consciences does not deserve to be the nominee and certainly has no legal right to be.

• If the Grand Old Party stands for nothing more than anointing the candidate with the most “bound” delegates, then it stands for nothing. Free the delegates and let Republicans be Republicans.

[Bob]

If they manage to keep the nomination from going to Trump, the suicide attempt will be successful.

[Shanghai Dan]

Are they writing this about Hillary?

Of course not! The Superdelegates will decide there - the regular, "voted for" delegates are irrelevant since neither Hillary! or Bernie have enough delegates to win outright.

For the Democrats, it will be the Party and the Powers That Be that decide who gets to run...

[OldNewYork]

I look forward to the day I no longer hear ‘Ted’ and ‘Cruz’ together.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Just try this scheme......

[Personal Responsibility]

“A candidate who cannot win the support of a majority of Republican delegates voting their consciences does not deserve to be the nominee and certainly has no legal right to be”

What the 2000ish delegates want is much, much more important than what the 20,000,000 primary voters wanted, you see.

[Personal Responsibility]

They will blame that on Trump.

[tennmountainman]

The GOPe’s may want Hillary to win.

However, don’t think they want a wipe out of down ballot candidates.

[poconopundit]

Very good way of looking at it actually!

[Personal Responsibility]

They don’t want a down ballot wipeout but the odds of that increase because they are / will sandbag Trump whenever possible. Then they’ll blame it on Trump

[mrsmith]

Free the delegates and let Republicans be Republicans.

IE: "Losers."

[mrsmith]

Well put.

[Chgogal]

Here the Rabid Colorado unelected Cruz delegate behind the movement. I posted this about a hour ago and the interview with Rabid Colorado Cruz delegate, Kendall Unruh, happened today on Fox Business.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3440212/posts

[hal ogen]

These resisted are such insufferable fools. No matter what happens they are forever fools. Their Whig status will be long-lasting,