This makes me angry. This process of selecting our party’s nominee should be by the members of our party, not a hustle. I hope that what comes of this is no more shenanigans, that from this time forward the primary process will be open, straightforward, honest, and the same across all the states, that all Republicans voters get an equal voice, and no one gets any special say, and that our party’s leaders are administrators and facilitators not princes and overlords who own and control the process.
Shame on those of you who think this is good because Ted Cruz is managing to hustle and manipulate and cheat and exploit his way into the nomination when he has not won the votes of the people.
And somehow, by doing this, you think he is going to represent the people and save the constitution, when what he is in fact doing is ensuring that the party remains in the hands of those corrupt elitists who own it now.
This whole process is sickening and disgusting. How can anyone condone this?
Not all states have conventional "primary" elections, and it goes against the rights of states to be forced to conform to a "uniform" system, even if imposed by the GOP.
Remember that the grass roots STATE GOP'ers set the rules for their various methods of selecting nominees. In Ohio, I did receive a ballot, but could not vote for any actual candidate, only for the "delegates" representing the various contenders (at that time, there were still about 12, including many who had recently "suspended") at the nominating convention.
Please consider that your vote counts as much as anyone else's in your state, however your primaries are run.
Also consider that understanding how the various state "primaries" and caucuses are run does not equate to "hustling, stealing, manipulating, cheating and exploiting" the voters OR the other candidates out of their due votes.
So far the "GOP Elite" (whoever they are?) have not fared well...I will vote for whoever wins at the convention, and I doubt it will anyone other than Trump or Cruz!
I'm sure MY opinion has been heard and my candidate vote has been recorded "by proxy" with our state convention delegates, and that's good enough for me for now! Delegates ARE bound on at least the 1st vote, and I would not want it to be otherwise.
Interesting note: on the Democrat side, Bernie Sanders has had a remarkable record of state "wins", all things considered...but almost all "caucuses". At least in the GOP we don't have "super delegates" - which is what's totally tipping the balance for HRC so far.