Posted on 04/11/2016 6:54:35 PM PDT by Lakewood
You see, contrary to the impression that many people have been left with over the past couple of days, Colorado’s traditional caucus-night poll had never been a binding, primary-like election. That’s not how it worked. It was a simple straw-poll — nothing more, nothing less. It wasn’t the process used to distribute delegates to the candidates.
The nomination procedure in this state has been driven by the election of representatives for over a hundred years (except for from 1992 to 2002). It starts with grassroots caucus attendees from local precincts voting on congressional-district delegates (their neighbors) to represent them, and ends at the state convention a few weeks later when the representatives finish selecting national delegates to back a candidate at the national convention.
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No one planned for Jeb to be sidelined, but Trump did it anyway.
So Jeb dropped out.
Since he has suspended his campaign, they needed an insider to be a place holder for the delegates and that turns out to be Cruz, who will control those delegates until the Convention, then, after a few slight of hand tricks, they are slated to go back to Jeb, or maybe Mitt.
Cruz will never get to enjoy the delegates at the convention.
It’s Iowa on a stick. Yeah. No big deal. Move along Folks.
Like anyone’s vote matters anymore these days. ;-)
Sore Loserman.
You do not have a clue about what you are saying. You made this up out of complete ignorance of how these delegates were selected.
BE is correct. Cruz has taken on the Bush people. He is being steered and doing just what Jeb was going to do by bypassing voters.
Just before the convention, they will dump him.
RIP Election 2016
Sacrificed on the altar of ideological purity and the RINO rulebook
Mr. Trump is a special person and needs special treatment. Rules do not apply to The Donald. He is ... Hope and Change.
But keep calling him nasty names - it must feel good. Cruz knows how to campaign. Donald is on a learning curve. Too bad they can't work together.
There is nothing grassroots about what transpired in Colorado. Just a bunch of party hacks selling their support in backroom deals.
Cruz wins when the grassroots (ie.voters) get shafted and are marginalized. This is the Cuban way of winning elections. Fidel Castro is no doubt very be proud.
How much is that Trump Kool-Aid costing you?
People voting don't understand or care about the delegate process.
It's not going to work this time. There is only so much whining people can take. It's getting really old.
My concern is that this was some last minute rule change, it clearly isn’t. Even if was 2015 it wasn’t new.
My concern is that until this year I had no idea how little the opinions and cast ballots of actual voters mattered. It is outrageous to me that some of the things that are happening this year are not new, are in fact the norm, and we only noticed because half the party is trying to stop the frontrunner.
“We’ve always done it this way,” and “it’s within the rules” are in my mind weak reasoning for poor behavior.
By this logic, Barry Bonds and Mark McGuire should already be in Cooperstown.
It may perhaps be legal, but they American people, and the party ‘faithful’ deserve better.
That goal is to give the little people as little say so in who the candidate is as possible while still keeping the illusion of inclusion alive.
Probably far less than the Ted Cruz Kool Aid you have partaken of.
Cruz is now a cinder burnt frazzle of his former self, GoPe will never be trusted again with combustibles, and the adoring crowd and GOPe observers are running to avoid the anvil headed their way, while a crowd of angry voters promises to pick over the remains once all the projectiles have come to rest.
It's the rules, they all tell us.
Because the frontrunner is trying to stop the party. They steam-rolled right over Newt's contract with America once they were in power, don't forget.
This is one of the more delusional, but the rules committee will be formed by Trump and Cruz. If Cruz prevails as he has so far, Trump will have another tantrum, even though he should work it to dominate.
Trump really has not demonstrated an understanding of how to manage a presidential campaign.
DK
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