Posted on 06/10/2016 3:45:44 AM PDT by ErikJohnsky
Let’s begin with a simple proposition: As a matter of law and history, there is not a single “bound” delegate to the Republican National Convention. Not one delegate is required to vote for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, or any other individual who “won” votes in the primary process. Each delegate will have to make his or her own choice. They — and they alone — will choose the Republican nominee.
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Was this written by the same people who wrote “Electoral College electors are not bound to any candidate” when they tried to give the election to Algore in 2000?
The primary was the Republican party contract with the voters. They can’t just decide to break it without the permission of the voters.
Hey Kristol...we won, suck it up like we had to with Romney and McCain.
Exactly. People like French, Erikson and their ilk need to be shot. There I said it. I’m so sick of these idiots spreading disinformation and almost equally sick of people actually believing it.
The lure of easy money
Has a VERY strong appeal
-D. Henley
What’s the value of the national campaign fund///oooops///the national treasury?
I attended the Virginia state convention. Morton Blackwell, running unopposed for re-election as our National Committeeman, spoke about the rules. Changes the rules once the process gets underway would be very unfair.
I know there was a lot of belly-aching during the process as to whether a certain candidate from Texas was stealing or otherwise re-purposing delegates. This belly-aching was part of the process. Candidates say that kind of things when it’s to their advantage. We’re not talking fiddle-winks. But, in my book, everything that has transpired so far has been fair in the sense that this is how politics is played out. And, we have a presumptive nominee.
Now, if something really important comes to light, I mean really important, yes, until the actual nomination it is possible the rules could be changed. But, come on, what are we talking about? The National Review stuff is crazy. If they really can’t stand Trump, they should either endorse Gary Johnson or just shut up. It’s too late to field a John Anderson candidate.
It would be CW2.
So many people I highly regarded and greatly respected have become political alchemists and fools this cycle.
State laws do indeed apply to political parties, same as they do to any other organization. In fact, there are some court cases that would treat political parties as something like public utilities, subject to even greater regulation than other private organizations.
French is continuing the strategy of trying to bait Trump and supporters into doing something so stupid as to make NR arguments seem reasonable. I’ve been saying it for months - they got nothin’ except bluffing and attempting to rope-a-dope.
I’m starting to think that the GOP is overly-infested with gay-men and cuckolds.....
We need a second party. Let the nevertrumpers become the (hopefully stillborn) third party.
I'm starting to think that Democrats aren't the only ones with a mental illness....
Those are/were the 2012 convention rules. The 2016 convention will adopt their
rules once the convention is offically in session. I suspect the rule will remain
the same but they do/can make changes from convention to convention.
Donald Trump is the head of the Republican Party now, or the party is dead. Whigged off to history's trash heap.
Most who refer to themselves as Conservatives don't think this will happen if Hillary is allowed to steal the election. But that is o.k. most Jews did not believe Hitler would try to exterminate them either. History tells us what happened.I deliberately used the term steal instead of win because the Democrats always steal. Theft, deceit, deception, and treachery are their M.O.
Amen to that!
Don't be.....you're 90%(+) right.
I have not read where you wrote the same about omana that about obama. If I had a dollar for every, “I don’t trust Trump.....” post from that as far as I know, were absolutely mute about obama,that were as quite as a whore plying her trade in a church service, I would be rich, rich, rich. They do not trust Trump, but they have no qualms with obama.
But it’s not about what the rules say, it’s about who enforces the rules. /s
Nor would I.
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