Free Republic
Browse · Search
GOP Club
Topics · Post Article

To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/28/ttrump-hires-reagan-ford-delegate-manager-to-stave-off-establishment-convention-hopes/

He appears to be fixing that as you post.

Trump has hired delegate manager Paul Manafort to lead his GOP convention efforts and shore up enough delegates to ensure he wins the nomination on the first ballot at the GOP presidential convention in Cleveland in July. Manafort is well known in GOP circles because in 1976, on behalf of then President Gerald Ford—who ascended to the presidency without being elected because of Richard Nixon’s Watergate-driven resignation—Manafort successfully fended off future president Ronald Reagan in a delegate battle that may end up looking a lot like 2016. Thanks to Manafort’s work for Ford that year, the incumbent president barely held on to the party’s nomination, beating back Reagan’s challenge.

But four years later, when Reagan faced a similar but less complicated delegate battle in 1980, he hired Manafort to lead his successful delegate fight at the convention that year.

Reagan, of course, would go on to win the nomination and then win the White House back for Republicans from the failing Carter.


20 posted on 03/29/2016 8:30:20 PM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: SubMareener

Too bad for him that Cruz already has a regiment of people working on acquiring delegates. Over 200 people according to my contact.


21 posted on 03/29/2016 8:32:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
GOP Club
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson