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To: nathanbedford
But what if they deprive Trump of the nomination according to the rules?

That is fine as long as you are willing and ready to accept defeat in the general election as a consequence.

I would love to see a four way election between Cruz(R), Hillary(D),Sanders(S) and Trump(I). Now that would be something for the ages.

181 posted on 04/01/2016 5:51:43 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
That is fine as long as you are willing and ready to accept defeat in the general election as a consequence.

Careful: you might not like the way that cuts. The negative numbers for Trump are not looking good for a general election.

To another subject: are we not facing a very serious question on the rule of eight? If I have not been passed by in the swirl of events, I understand that only those candidates who have won eight states can be nominated? That includes Trump and probably Cruz but no other Republican. If that holds all the fears concerning the elites running in a Rino are misplaced because the fight for the nomination remains between those two.

But if the elites amend the rule of eight, they open the field to a Paul Ryan or some other Rino. So the amendment of the rule of eight might be where the real battle occurs. I would think that both Cruz and Trump will oppose it.

What happens if only Trump wins eight states? He cannot get a majority of the delegates but they cannot vote for anyone else?


182 posted on 04/01/2016 6:10:29 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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