Posted on 03/17/2016 9:07:26 AM PDT by McGruff
The Republican nomination process may be flipped on its head if a proposed amendment is passed just days before the convention, an amendment that is showing some support among party members.
Curly Haugland, a member of the GOP's standing rules committee, sent a letter to all GOP presidential campaigns and Republican National Committee members in November that he plans to present an amendment that essentially will allow any candidate who received a delegate to be placed back on the first ballot.
That means even candidates who have dropped out of the race could be considered for the nomination.
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Arrogant SOB
That brings up a good question- what happens to delegates that had previously gone to Rubio and others that have dropped out?
Ted Cruz can not legitimately win the nomination, at this time he is only helping the GOPe and giving the finger to the base.
What? Guess they don’t like Donald or Cruz. This won’t go over very well with the voters.
Actually, that is a big step back in the right direction.
The very restrictive rules put in to stop Ron Paul need to go!
So, I’m wondering if Free Republic and others should start considering organizing a mass convergence on Cleveland should it look like shenanigans are under way?
A riot is an ugly thing...
Go Jeb!
This is like palimony. Why bother to get married?
And if they can “restart” the primaries by putting everyone back in contention, why must the people bother with voting?
His email address is readily available online. You could email him and let him know what you think.
I remember kids like him when I was growing up. I’ll bet you all do, too.
He’s the bully who changed the rules in the middle of the game in order to make you the looser, and himself the winner.
It didn’t take long for people like him to be discovered by other decent people, and booted out of the groups of kids he tried to impose himself on.
I have to use kids in this comment because he’s acting like a sore looser child. Play ground tactics. All he needs to do is confront a bigger bully than himself who also happens to be fair minded, and he gets exposed + discredited, rendered ineffective.
Come on Trump!
This was a rule imposed by the establishment that was intended to make it impossible for outsiders to compete with the likes of Jeb. As it stands, the requirement to have won 8 states is likely to ensure that Trump and (maybe) Cruz are the only candidates eligible to be considered.
To late to change the rules after the votes have been cast. They should have to live with this rule for the 2016 cycle.
By all means change the rule for 2020 though.
It would be comical to see the GOP adopt new rules for the convention that are aimed at facilitating the nomination of any number of candidates whose sole claim to fame is that they are losers. LMAO.
North Dakota may be a Republican state but the whole east side are really Minnesota Democrats. They elected Heidi Heitkamp in 2012. Look at their Rwoublican Senator. One of the worst conservative voting records in the country. The only conservative thing they support is the second amendment.
They didn’t “drop out”. They suspended their campaigns. They are still in it, just not actively.
The GOPe see their free ride to the Chablis and Brie parties rapidly disappearing and don’t like it. They have been riding the freebie train for so long that they will do anything including the slaughter of their own to remain in power. They are every bit as ruthless as the Democrats.
The delegates that were selected will be at the Convention.
The question is, what are these delegates rights !
We need to exercise more care in who we send to the convention as delegates to represent us.
Traditionally, the delegates at the convention are the people who select who the Republican candidate will be for the election.
Lincoln was the first Republican president ever. He was selected in the 1860 convention on the third ballot at the convention.
The huge favorite at that Convention was Seward from New York. Seward came in a strong first on the first ballot.
Lincoln was a distant second.
Bates and Stanton were even further back at 4th and 5th.
On the Second ballot, Pennsylvania flipped to Lincoln. Lincoln came in a very strong second behind Seward.
The opposition then solidified behind Lincoln giving him the win on the third ballot.
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