Yes, the Delegates Can Decide

The National Review ^ | March 29, 2016 | Rich Lowry, editor

[2ndDivisionVet]

I'm curious as to your views on this.

[butlerweave]

Why do they needs Voters ?

[blueyon]

I would just as soon ben from free republic any National Review stories........

[kevao]

So why bother with primary elections? Save all the time and money and go straight to the convention.

[blueyon]

Correction: I would just as soon ban from Free Republic any National Review stories..............but I know we can not do that

[ClearCase_guy]

Actually, there are no rules. The 1237 thing is what people talk about, but based on the desired outcome, that number can be either higher or lower. Outcome first, then they find a procedure that gets them where they’ve decided to go.

[2ndDivisionVet]

If you also ban Conservative Treehouse.

[Trump20162020]

The National Review, ha ha. Keep on dreaming and hoping.

[The Iceman Cometh]

If one of the top two Trump/Cruz don't walk out with the nomination, the Republican party is dead forever.

No way millions of voters will show up to support an 'assigned' nominee.

The other problem is that Trump & Cruz are being so damaged by this process, it's going to be a tough road anyways.

[dforest]

Well America. Just stay home on election day, you are not needed.

They only let you vote to amuse you.

[XEHRpa]

I can hear Jeb now: “I love the smell of smoke-filled rooms in the morning”

[MaxFlint]

In 2012, Mitt Romney didn’t lose a contest after March 24. His closest competitor, Rick Santorum, dropped out shortly after losing Wisconsin on April 3

Ted could be out by April 3, depending on what twitter digs up in the next 48 hours.

[JPJones]

The delegates need to look at an electoral map and see who can beat Hillary.

Cruz can’t.

[Rational Thought]

Guess coming in 2nd is the new 1st.

[MaxFlint]

I can hear Jeb now: “I love the smell of smoke-filled rooms in the morning”

Won't be Jeb. Even the GOPe isn't that tone deaf. They'll hand it to someone they can delude themselves won't be absolutely hated by the base. As far as the GOPe is concerned Paul Ryan is a staunch conservative Tea Party candidate. Therefore he's an acceptable compromise candidate. They have no idea, but that's a sample of their reasoning.

[irishMN]

Trump once decried this rule as arbitrary

It is arbitrary. Should Trump get the most delegates but fail to get the nomination shtf and those of us who write him in will hand the nomination to the dems. Convince me to vote otherwise please.

No really, try to convince me and every other person who wants trump that their nomination amounts to a pile of pig sh8t and that now we should vote for whomever the GOP decides is good enough for us.

I'm not addressing this to you 2nddivisionyet so please don't take offence, but rather anyone who wants to answer.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Twitter? Hahahahaha!

[BlueNgold]

I thought 3rd was that sweet spot this year...

Seems like it has been since IA.

[CaptainMorgantown]

Because we live in a republic, not a democracy.

We elect representatives to make decisions that we do not have full information on at the time we cast our ballots. In the case of primary elections, voters in the early states didn’t know which of the 17 candidates would be left at this stage of the race. So the delegates of the candidates who have dropped out have now have to decide which of the remaining candidates best represent their constituents.

[Tzimisce]

Trump’s plaint is a little like showing up at a cricket match and crying foul because the opposing team knows the rules and all you know is that you swing a bat.

It's more like being taken to court and not given a lawyer.