The GOP sentiment within the last month from people who answered the question... "Who do I side with?"... has largely favored Trump nearly everywhere.
Posted on 03/09/2016 8:09:34 AM PST by scooby321
Ted Cruz says he would have no problem with a contested convention over the summer in the event neither he nor Donald Trump secures enough delegates before then to lock up the Republican presidential nomination.
Trump suggested Wednesday morning on "Fox and Friends" that Cruz was making the statement "because he had such a bad night last night."
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Contested is not a brokered.
Figure it out.
No way. This is what the Bush dynasty wants, for their boy Cruz to get them back into White House. Something happens to Trump, and the Bush’s and Goldman Sachs own Cruz.
No GD way do I want to see the Bush’s anyway connected to the White House.
But would Cruz accept considering the names he has called him? Cruz seems to have a special hatred for Trump, and then there is a handshake with Rubio at the debate. Dems are bound to keep replaying the things Cruz said about Trump.
Yep.
I do believe Ted said something along the lines of -there would be a revolt-.
He’s right, but apparently he seems fine with a revolt.
Define “pretty much normal”?
A contested convention is a supposedly when they candidates whose names are entered into nomination fight it out for delegates in later round voting.
A brokered convention is supposedly when party insiders work out behind closed doors who will swoop in and be the nominee.
If the party doesn't mess with rule 40, and Cruz and Trump are the only candidates who meet the threshold to be entered into nomination, then sure - - let them each make the case for crossover delegate votes in additional rounds of voting.
However, if the party makes an 11th hour change to the rules to allow only one state winners instead of eight (Rubio), or eliminate the rule altogether (Romney, Bush), then it is effectively a stolen convention.
-PJ
Trump already offered it a few debates ago, before things got ugly.
Nop he did not, he took over 1500 delegates. We must not resort to myths, let's just keep to the facts as the facts are all we need for Trump to win.
It’s clear once you open the convention can of worms the base will lose. Period. The GOPe will ram through there preferred candidate. Probably Ryan. Therefore, the nom has to go to the candidate with the most delegates.
Cruzers know that. So what we’re seeing now is the Trump hate come out in the Cruz camp now. They’d rather see a Ryan or Romney ticket than Trump. Couldn’t be more obvious, IMO.
What utter crap I find posted here on this thread by the Trumpettes.
Cruz is merely acknowledging a potential reality. If no one has the delegates to secure a nomination on the first ballot, a floor fight will ensue. No doubt at all.
This will happen whether or not Cruz, Trump, or anyone else is “happy with it”.
Cruz is certainly not saying that he would prefer a floor fight. I am quite sure he would prefer to have the nomination locked up well ahead of time, as I expect he will - by the time of the California primary or earlier.
I have come to the conclusion that a vast number of Trump supporters are deluded, illiterate, thin-skinned, political crybabies. I certainly see these traits on this thread. It’s absurd, but thank God - it’s temporary.
The GOP sentiment within the last month from people who answered the question... "Who do I side with?"... has largely favored Trump nearly everywhere.
I am not faulting Cruz for anything i haven’t faulted him for before. I have believed for a while that Cruz has always been GOPe and just put on an outsider act to fool the voters. The events of the last couple of days are going no differently than I ever expected them to.
It's another example of dancing on the head of a needle - a typical attorney/politician-like move.
This is what the Bush dynasty wants, for their boy Cruz to get them back into White House. Something happens to Trump, and the Bush's and Goldman Sachs own Cruz. No GD way do I want to see the Bush's anyway connected to the White House.
Yeah but it’s more fun to watch the Cruzmaniacs chew their tongues off doing the Ryan shuffle. ;-)
When was the last time the GOP had a contested convention? How many decades ago was that? It is NOT the norm.
Ted and Heidi are Bush III
I think the foumulation is "We're all going to have to accept the fact that the GOPe would rather lose to Hillary than win." Period.
Jeb was a designated loser. The GOP is livid that it might win. It is supposed to LOSE, while appearing to fight. Trump is setting back the plans by a generation or maybe three generations.
That is a really strange and absurd thing to say. It’s like saying that a man who buys fire extinguishers for his house wants it to burn down.
Be very aware of those who want this guy near the White House.
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