“A contested Convention will destroy the GOP completely.”
I think you are right if Trump is very far ahead and they try to put in a Romney or his ilk.
But if you have two candidates with a fairly strong pluralities (e.g., Trump and Cruz) and the representatives pick Cruz on the second vote, that’s pretty normal and has happened many times, in both parties.
That’s how a REPUBLIC works. And we live in a Democratic Republic, not a true Democracy.
Trump has EXTREMELY high negatives; the majority of Republicans don’t like him. So if he doesn’t pull off the 1237 (and someone is within 200 of him), he’s toast.
The problem is, you know full well what they will do, and that will be to put up the most hard core, establishment jackboot licking guy they got, probably Romulan or Ryan. The moment the establishment guy is chosen is the very moment the ballot box quits working.
“Trump has EXTREMELY high negatives; the majority of Republicans don’t like him.”
What’s that say about Cruz, who’s gotten millions fewer votes than Trump?
And how many republicans don’t like Cruz?
A third?
A quarter?
Half?
Do they choose by who is least disliked?
Determined by leftist or GOPe polling
Not a good idea
If cruz intends to win the nomination via contested/brokered convention, he is a beta male.
“And we live in a Democratic Republic, not a true Democracy.”
Actually, we are Representative Republic. No democratic anything there at all.
So they are going to chose Cruz whose won 3 primaries? Stupid party showing its butt again.
Cruz is currently imploding. He has gone off message. He is either ignoring his adviser or they are bad advisers. He should have completely ignored the National Enquirer this last week. The story has been around for months, and likely would have blown over as just another political attack. Instead Ted drug it kicking and screaming into everyone’s living rooms just in time for Easter Sunday get-togethers... not smart.
The Enquirer has a formulaic pattern they follow when exploiting a political sex scandal. First they put out a teaser issue which is short on facts. Then they let the hapless politician drive up interest in the story. Then they keep dripping a little more out each week. The first issue sells barely more than normal, but by the time the second and third issues come out, they have people hooked and they start selling millions of additional little newsprint weeklies at $5 a piece.
The Enquirer doesn't care about the contest, the candidates or the country. They just want to sell their magazine. They will drag this out as long as possible, giving just a little more out every week. If Cruz keeps reacting the way he has in the last week; it is all over. There will be no “plurality” by convention time.