Posted on 03/28/2016 4:19:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald J. Trump, girding for a long battle over presidential delegates and a potential floor fight at the Cleveland convention, has enlisted the veteran Republican strategist Paul J. Manafort to lead his delegate-corralling efforts, according to people briefed on Mr. Trump’s plans.
Mr. Trump confirmed the hire in a brief telephone interview. “Yes,” he said, “it is true.”
Mr. Manafort, 66, is among the few political hands in either party with direct experience managing nomination fights: As a young Republican operative, he helped manage the 1976 convention floor for Gerald Ford in his showdown with Ronald Reagan, the last time Republicans entered a convention with no candidate having clinched the nomination.
He performed a similar function for Mr. Reagan in 1980, and played leading roles in the 1988 and 1996 conventions, for George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole.
Mr. Manafort has drawn attention in recent years chiefly for his work as an international political consultant, most notably as a senior adviser to former President Viktor F. Yanukovych of Ukraine, who was driven from power in 2014.
The hire is a sign that Mr. Trump is intensifying his focus on delegate wrangling as his opponents mount a tenacious effort to deny him the 1,237 delegates he would need to secure the Republican nomination. Under those circumstances, Mr. Trump’s opponents hope they can wrest that prize away from him in a contested convention....
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So he hires a guy who helped an Establishment guy win the nomination, who ultimately lost to Jimmy Carter. LOL
Sssshhhhh, you’ll get flamed.
He should have had someone doing this all along.
I’m still confident that Trump will go into the convention with over 1237 delegates.
Great move, as we’ve come to expect. Trumped again!
You didn’t read very far.
He performed a similar function for Mr. Reagan in 1980, and played leading roles in the 1988 and 1996 conventions, for George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole.
You expect them to read the article? And comprehend anything beyond their daily talking points that they were issued at Red State?
“You didn’t read very far.”
No kidding. Boy some are quick to show how dumb they are.
Ted Cruz going on about all the fights he has led in Washington. Never mentions the number of fights he won. The answer is none.— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 29, 2015
Cruz is trusTED because he memorizes Reagan one-liners and steals lines from Hollywood movies.
I guess it is only ok when Cruz plays the system right?
Trump does not want to be President.
“Going into the convention, Ford had won more primary delegates than Reagan, as well as a plurality in popular vote. “
wikipedia.
If you think Cruz can beat Hitlery and overcome the MSM, the Democrap and GOP treasonists, and the Soros financed political terrorists, sorry but your are dreaming. We are at war for this country’s survival and the treasonists are absolutely hellbent blood thirsty on seeing its destruction. They will stop at absolutely nothing to achieve it and only a vicious pit bull with an unlimited war chest like Trump can stop them.
As flexible as his new flipflopping candidate.
Trump doesn’t want to be president because he fires people and doesn’t hire enough bimbo & fruity GOP consultants & keeps the campaign industry alive.
Oh now they are trying a new tactic. “Oh he never wanted to be President” Yeah ok.
And Trump because he steals Reagan slogans and funds Obamacare through Reid and Pelosi... and what the hell, as since he comes with his own honeytrap he’ll save the Russians the trouble of bugging the White House.
“But as time went on, she said, she came to realize that Trump’s entry into the race had always been about raising his own profile, not about actually winning a presidential nomination.
“Trump never intended to be the candidate. But his pride is too out of control to stop him now,” she wrote.”
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