Posted on 03/24/2016 7:54:17 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Kasich and Cruz quietly work to persuade delegates to break with GOP voters in a contested convention.
When South Dakota's Republican activists convened in Pierre to pick their delegates to the Republican national convention, they got an unexpected visitor. Merle Madrid, senior aide to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, had flown in from Columbus to make an appeal: If the convention fails to elect front-runner Donald Trump on the first ballot, consider Kasich on the second even if the states Republican voters sent them there to back Trump or Ted Cruz.
Madrid was polite and earnest , but according to interviews with 17 of the states 29 delegates, he came up empty.
"Kasich will not get my vote no matter what he does. That aint gonna happen," said delegate Allen Unruh, a Sioux Falls chiropractor and tea party activist.
Madrids visit to South Dakota on Saturday marked one of the earliest signs that the shadow campaign for the Republican nomination has begun. Kasich and Cruz are scrambling to secure commitments from bound delegates to break off on a second-ballot and vote against Trump. In many cases, that means asking delegates to buck Republican primary voters in the name of settling on a nominee.
The fight will heat up in April, when a slew of states including Arizona, Colorado and North Dakota begin selecting their own slate of delegates, using methods ranging from statewide and Congressional district conventions to meetings of state party leaders to county-level votes or caucuses.
But if Madrids results are any indication, its not Kasich that threatens to steal Trumps delegates in Cleveland its Cruz.
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Take a look here. The headline, as usual with Alex Jones, is misleading. It's not just about the Trump rallies. It's about the change in the FIRST BALLOT rules.
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I find this disgusting, but I’m confident that Trump will come out with over the 1237 delegates needed to win the nomination on the first ballot.
It is an indication just how much an establishment figure Cruz is, and has actually always been. Anyone still thinking he’s an “outsider” after being endorsed by Jeb Bush, Romney and Graham, plus taking Neil Bush into his campaign, along with the entire Jeb finance team, is delusional.
>>But the paid trolls keep telling us that Cruz is a principled conservative. /s
I’m starting to figure out that “principled conservative” and “consistent conservative” are actually code words for open-borders Globalists who want all Americans to be out of work and desperate enough to work for minimum wage (or less).
Real conservative are just conservative. No need for the adjective.
Yep because even Michael Medved call himself, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Paul Ryan, GW Bush, Jeb Bush, etc ‘principled conservatives’. Might as well throw Teddy the Canadian into that group.
>>Stealing the nomination from the front runner is electing Hillary.
And giving away who knows how many House and Senate seats and governorships when people just stay home on election day.
Most people found in a state of severe depression on the side of the road by cops would not land a job like she did in such a short period of time after the incident.
>>Yep because even Michael Medved call himself, Lindsey Graham, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Paul Ryan, GW Bush, Jeb Bush, etc principled conservatives. Might as well throw Teddy the Canadian into that group.
There ya go. That makes it quite official. The shareholders of the GOP have spoken and they prefer foreign labor, so they told their politicians to go out and make it so.
From my understanding, Heidi was promoted 9 days after his election and got a half a million income from it. Can you confirm it was 7 weeks?
Shadow? It is pretty much known this is going on.
Yep ,they are modern day principled conservatives. Means they are bought and paid for by anti American, pro muslim forces.
Love it!
Electing hitlery has always been the objective. The party poohbahs have done their common core math and they think that a rat president is good for them. What they aren’ t thinking about are the millions of highly pissed off Trump supporter who will likely go all kamikaze on them and vote agaimst all the down ticket gop candidates.
Given that the candidates down ticket are usually the gop-e enablers, it couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
LOL. And By that logic I guess that means that 80% plus of voters can’t wait to reject Teddy dearest. However that’s really academic. Teddy was always supposed to be the designated loser. And lose he will.
As long as they are not asking delegates to ignore their commitment to support the candidate to whom they are bound on the first ballot, there is nothing wrong with this - it is part of the process. It is up to Trump to reach out to the delegates to try to keep them on the reservation after the first ballot. Let's see if he is as great a deal-maker as he claims...
What an asinine statement. Since when does following the rules conflict with being a Christian? You sound just like one of those leftist Alinskyites - trying to hold your opponent to some odd standard of behavior that you would never hold your own candidate to, and then condemning him when he can't live up to your strange and unrealistic standards.
If the convention fails to elect front-runner Donald Trump on the first ballot...
...someone else wants the votes.
Oh, the horrors! Burn it all down!
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“What an asinine statement.”
It sure is.
Always figured that with Cruz.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
No doubt and if Cruzers could get over their infatuation with this fraud, we might return to sanity and avoid amnesty.
I doubt the die hards here can see reality. All the amnesty money brokers are backing Ted. Ever wonder why?
The GOPe is going down either way and to that I say, thank God!
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