Don’t move the goal posts. That is a logical fallacy.
You think what happened in Colorado is a great ethical, moral, and rational way for a state to select a nominee??
Yes or no.
>>Don’t move the goal posts. That is a logical fallacy.
You’ve misapplied the term. My goalposts have remained the same, my question the same; your response... still lacking.
>>You think what happened in Colorado is a great ethical, moral, and rational way for a state to select a nominee??
Yep, think it’s much better than open primaries. I like closed primaries. I like the caucus/convention model also, requiring long-term organization and dedication and deep support for the winner. Two things tend to result: a better candidate and one who demonstrates the skills to build for success in the general election.
To require delegates be selected via a hierarchy of gatherings of registered GOP voters is certainly ethical and moral and rational. Be Republican and care enough to show up for your candidate. It’s absurd to characterize that is not ethical, moral or rational.
I dislike shallow support, lack of organization, easy-absentee early voting, motor-voter registration.. everything along the road to internet voting on popular whim of the moment.
The party is over 150 years old, it’s comprised of office holders and workers devoting a great deal of their lives over many decades to their principles and building toward an ideal and a philosophy in political terms.
Anyone vying to be the standard-bearer for them needs to, ethically and morally, win their support.
This time, Trump ignored them, both in terms of effort and his presence; he skipped out. His call, he chose New York. But shouldn’t be any surprise to Trump, when Cruz didn’t and - apparently that mattered as well as the difference between the two candidates in energizing their supporters.
If Trump had more supporters who gave more effort, he would have won instead. It very likely would have helped if he had gone to the state and had built a competent organization there.
Now, putting aside my unanswered question of whether you support primary vote proportionality in delegates selection...
Why was Trump unable or unwilling to get enough of his supporters to participate in the Colorado delegate selection process to win it?