[JoeDetweiler]

A brokered convention is what Reagan was trying for in 1976. And it’s what I was hoping for. Unfortunately, we got Ford. And Carter.

Nothing wrong with a brokered convention.

[Hoodat]

This whole thing is a non-issue. Any time there is no candidate with a majority of delegates, you have a brokered convention. And that is all the Cruz team was saying. Trump supporters are trying to make something out of nothing.

btw, in 1976, Ford has a majority of the delegates. Reagan supporters tried to change the rules to release Ford delegates from their obligation to support Ford. The Reagan delegates failed in that bid, and Ford was nominated. But following that, Reagan addressed the Convention with a very passionate speech. And when that speech ended, every Ford delegate at that Convention realized they had made a huge mistake.

[nikos1121]

REagan was more like Cruz and Trump than anyone wishes to admit. I remember those times well. The country and the world was cheated from having a young vibrant REagan, but then again, we needed an inept Jimmy Carter to give us REagan, same as we need a lazy, incompetent loser like Obama to bring us Trump.