Interesting—Thanks for posting. Looks like that could go either way.
I certainly hope Trump gets the 1237 and thus preempts any planned manipulations at the convention.
Thanks for posting this. It is refreshing to see that a few individuals in media are finally going beyond the emotional issues and looking at reality. A presidential election is not a high school civics exercise. It is a complicated, hard fought, state by state slugfest with complicated rules and procedures developed over many years. Anyone who has a realistic expectation of winning must be tough, smart, and above all, have the ability and temperament to keep their focus on the ultimate prize.
Whether by design or not, the process minimizes the chance of a demagogue making it to the final goal. It also forces compromise and coalition building. While it would be less messy if one candidate achieved the 1237 bound delegates early, in a strange way I think it would be good for the country to have a convention where candidates were forced to work together in a give and take atmosphere of mutual reespect. In that case, we could possibly go into the general election without one faction bragging about their great victory and the other faction complaining about being treated unfairly while the real opponent laughs all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Interesting post.
If Trump doesn’t get 1237 before the convention, and all of the polling keeps showing he would lose to Hillary, it seems quite possible the unbound delegates could vote for Cruz.