The rules for politics and various other things don’t always make sense.
My first rule of “life” that my kids were ingrained with -
“Life isn’t fair.”
But I’m sure Mr. Trump understands that by now.
The situation is not unique to him of course, but Trump does have a point. Perhaps it would be better if at the 1/3 way point only the top two candidates would be allowed to go on.
Trump’s being proactive here letting them all know he and his voters aren’t gonna roll over easy should the GOPee pull out some monkey business—and they already have done just that.
If Jeb! had the delegates that Trump has right now the GOPee
would have already anointed him the nominee.
Everyone knows this is true.
Romney was the nominee and he did not meet the required number of delegates.
The game is supposed to be rigged. The problem for the GOPe is that they may not have rigged it as thoroughly as they had hoped.
Trump may get the delegates he needs.
But if he doesn’t get 1237, the GOPe get to contest everything and get Jeb or Mitt or some other loser to “win” the nomination. But now that means the party commits suicide.
It’s just not playing our as they had hoped.
I guess Trump finally figured out that insulting every last one of his competitors is not the best way to get their delegates to support him.
As an example do you think Trumps 48 delegates in Texas are going to stay with him after they are cleared on the third ballot? What about the 50 from South Carolina, that Nikki Haley is coming up with? I have a very good idea where the Iowa delegates will go after the first ballot.
I guess Mr. Greatest Negotiator in the World should have read the rules a little more closely.
If rule 40 stands, Trump will be the only nominee. Cruz has to win the majority delegates of 4 more states. He probably will get Utah, but what else?
Kasich needs 7 more.
Trump already has his 8. I think he is at 9 or 10 after Tuesday.
Yes, as Mr. Trump schooled us around two weeks ago, fifty per cent is an arbitrary number. Any such purely arbitrary threshold should have no bearing on who wins and who loses in a political contest.
Mr. Trump is never wrong. Therefore the rules certainly must be changed for his benefit.
Kasich is mathematically eliminated from reaching 1237.
Soon Cruz will also be mathematically eliminated.
If either drops out, Trump will easily exceed 1237.
If they stay in, it will only be to deny Trump the nomination. This would then be a hit job, not an election.
I don’t think Priebus understands just how pissed people are. I don’t think he understands how unglued people will become and what actions they will take to kill the republican party for good.
But I do think he doesn’t care because his future has been assured by the corrupt cartel.
What is problematic is the ‘elites’ plotting stop a single candidate.
What’s even worse is they are not openly supporting a candidate who is actually in the running.
They are looking for an opportunity to install a plan F or G or whatever version they are on now, and force on the party regulars a candidate who has possibly not even competed for the ‘prize’.
I understand that a plurality is not a majority. However, a plurality much more closely reflects the will of the voters than does a back room deal with someone who didn’t even have their hat in the ring through the grind, the endless debates, and most importantly, the voting.
I am hoping on one hand the GOP does not commit suicide through elitism, and on the other hand wondering if maybe it’s not about time we let them fall...
As I recall those rules get changed often. Last time they were changed to prevent Ron Paul from getting to a floor fight with mitt
Perhaps when candidates drop out, the delegates they have should not count towards the frontrunners 50% quota. Or have those delegates subtracted from the 1237 value.
That would seem fairer and a way to deal with so many people running just to deny anyone a decent chance at 50% or 1237.
Not nominating the clear frontrunner is a big FU to the millions who voted for him. There will be long term consequences if it happens. But I don’t think it will.
They keep talking about a brokered convention, but I just don’t see it.
Shortly after Trump started his campaign, he told the story of his early days as a boxing promoter. He liked to hold out-of-town matches because the purse was larger. But he also know that the referees favored the local fighter. So he told his boxers, “Win with a knockout or come home a loser.” Trump said that was how he was approaching his “fight” for the presidency.
He is on track to meet all of the first round requirements, but it is close. But if he is only close, the Trump will make a deal. Deal-making is his specialty, and he will not come up short.
Get use to “President Trump”!
Here I disagree with Trump. Just as the GOP has to follow the first round ballot rules and let Trump have the nomination if he has the pledged delegates, Trump has to deal with party sleaze if he doesn’t have the delegates. It will come down to political slime on one side, and “the Art of the Deal” on the other.
If Trump is a few delegates short on the first ballot and can’t make the necessary deals with delegates to get a second ballot nomination, despite GOP insiders trying to stop him, then he won’t be able to do much as president either. He has the leverage of angry voters if he’s perceived as being cheated, so he has a fair chance at this.
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