Posted on 03/28/2016 7:47:48 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian
Donald Trump is likely on the verge of losing the Republican primary, falling short of the number of delegates required to win the presidential nomination. But, as bullies are wont to do, Trump is now trying desperately to change the rulesto argue that the nomination should go not to the candidate who wins 1,237 delegates but to whoever comes closest.
Whats wrong with that argument? Electing a U.S. president is not a schoolyard game, where goalposts change when bullies whine. Theres a reason a candidate has to make it to 1,237 votes to win the nomination. Each partys goal is to put forth a nominee whom the partys members, represented by their elected delegates, believe will best reflect the partys collective judgmenta determination possible only when the level of support is clear and convincing. Thats why both parties set a benchmark, the political equivalent of the tape at the finishing line of a race, sufficient to establish the partys preference. In a hundred-yard dash, a runner who beats the others but who can only manage 95 yards doesnt go home with a medal.
At the convention this summer, assuming that none of Trumps primary opponents will have reached that magic number either, the delegates will vote on who they think best represents the Republican Party until a single candidate does receive the necessary votes. It is this candidate, the one who is able actually to cross the finish line, who will win the right to become the partys nominee. That person could be Trump, but it probably wont be.
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Yeh I could too. Ksick is the Joe Biden of the GOP.
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