It’s mind blowing to me that the elite wait for a televised convention to pull this. If they had pulled these types of stunts in the primary Romney would not have won and they know it. Now they are showing their true colors. They feel they can slide into the presidency and shut the rest of us down. Seems they forget that they do not quite have it in the bag but they are telling us that if they do ultimately win that we will be marginalized in an attempt to silence those of us they so passionately despise.
They don't have much choice. The rules can only be changed at the convention, until rule 12 passes. Then they can completely reshape the party into whatever they want in the smoky backrooms anytime they want. They wouldn't be taking this risk now unless the reward in terms of increased power for the Rove/Romney cabal was VERY HIGH.