Trump has one in the bag. He will get close to the 8 on Tuesday. Cruz will end up with maybe 6 or 7 unless something very odd happens. No one else will end up with any.
It looks like Trump will be the only candidate eligible for the first ballot at the convention.
Correct.
I can’t answer your question but this will show where things stand as of today: http://rsbn.tv/2016-gop-delegate-leaderboard/
why wouldn’t Iowa count for Cruz ???
He got 8 delegates, Trump and Rubio got 7, Carson got 6, Rand Paul got 3, Bush got 1...
I think that’s right...
I might have Paul and Carson wrong..might have been other way round...
anyhoo Cruz got a majority...
or do you mean he needed at least 50% ???
I thought Rule # 40 was - Rule 40: “If it seems like someone is out to get you, they are.”
Correct, except Trump won exactly half the NV delegates which is not a majority. SC does count for Trump though.
Rule 40 in the RNC handbook states: that any candidate for president “shall demonstrate the support of a majority of the delegates from each of eight (8) or more states” before their name is presented for nomination at the national convention.
SC for Trump also. He got all 50 delegates.
8 states with more than 50% of the delegates from each of those states.
I don’t see how anyone other than Trump gets over that hurdle.
The calendar and rules were all set up for ¡Yeb!
(snicker)
Don’t worry about rule 40. It was put in place in ‘12. It will be changed the week before the convention when the rules Committe meets.
They do crap like this every four years.
Winning outright is the best solution to these issues.
makes one wonder just how much Texas will really matter for Ted Cruz.
We discussed this yesterday in some detail.
Also includes links to actual rule language and an analysis of where we are to date.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3402699/posts
I hope you find it helpful.
Rule 40 was a temporary rule enacted in 2012, mainly to keep Ron Paul delegates from ruining the Romney coronation. The Convention Rules Committee will meet the week before the convention to set the rules for this convention and can do away with or change Rule 40 if they choose.
those were the rules...when the convention folks meet they can make new ones if they wish
Don’t you know that rules are for the little people? Look for them to change or be ignored if the GOPe isn’t getting the desired outcome.
As Jeff Sessions asked at the rally today, whose election is this after all? As he said the big power bosses in Washington claim it for themselves, but they are the servants and they work for us. We are their boss and it is high time they are brought to heel.
Politics is more like Rule 34...
Even if they don’t get their names formally nominated, delegates can still vote for Cruz, Rubio, et al.
So far as I can figure, the only thing they lose out on is that they get no nominating speech and no seconding speech.
While I’m a Cruz guy, the powers that be better not f this up. The more people Trump has backing him including his former competitors, the less likely GOP Lite will mess with the results.
+50 of the vote in 8 states is how it was explained to me. 30% win doesn’t count. The delegates count but not the 8 state requirement. I could be wrong.