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Bring on the brokered convention – it could be just what the Republicans need
The London Telegraph ^ | February 5, 2012 | Dr. Tim Stanley

Posted on 02/05/2012 11:39:10 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: mkjessup

I like your thinking.


21 posted on 02/05/2012 12:33:58 PM PST by Josephat (The old claim your evengelizing people who haven't heard the gospel, but go to a Catholic country tr)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Broker it! Let’s do it!


22 posted on 02/05/2012 12:34:16 PM PST by Thorliveshere
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To: apoliticalone
In Soviet Union they had one Party and had a dictatorship. Two Parties doesn’t necessarily give freedom to the people.

One party = dictatorship.
Two parties = dichotomy.
3+ parties = minority rule.

Pick your poison.

23 posted on 02/05/2012 12:38:05 PM PST by Antonello (Oh my God, don't shoot the banana!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In 1948, Republican contender Thomas Dewey took just two primaries and 11.5 percent of the overall vote. Yet he won the nomination at his party’s convention on the third ballot....
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Yeah and he lost to Truman


24 posted on 02/05/2012 12:43:23 PM PST by Tennessee Nana (Why should I vote for Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian)
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To: bigbob

Makes ya wonder if FL didnt throw the chance to take all 99 to convention because the half to be left at home were unbending Newt supporters...

Thoughts...


25 posted on 02/05/2012 12:48:44 PM PST by Tennessee Nana (Why should I vote for Romney when he hates me because I am a Christian)
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To: mkjessup

The beauty with a brokered convention, with a dark horse emerging is that it will take place AFTER the DNC convention.

This is important because if Obama wants to dump Biden for Hillary, he’ll have to make that play before he knows who he is running against.


26 posted on 02/05/2012 12:52:08 PM PST by proudpapa
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To: Tennessee Nana
Makes ya wonder if FL didnt throw the chance to take all 99 to convention because the half to be left at home were unbending Newt supporters...

Thoughts...

Actually, all delegates will be seated and receive .5 votes each.

27 posted on 02/05/2012 12:55:40 PM PST by Antonello (Oh my God, don't shoot the banana!)
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To: mkjessup
we might as well go for broke and draft Sarah Palin for President, and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Marine General Peter Pace for Vice President.

Not a chance. It would be a Huntsman or Daniels type. Either way the conservatives will get taken.

28 posted on 02/05/2012 12:56:18 PM PST by Digger (If RINO is your selection then failure is your election)
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To: Venturer

I think Newt could negotiate and deal-make to get Paul out. Promise an audited fed and some big position??? Maybe?


29 posted on 02/05/2012 1:58:06 PM PST by Reagan69 (I supported Sarah Palin and all I got was a lousy DVD !)
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To: sodpoodle
Does anyone truly believe we still have a Two-Party system?

I did at one time. I also thought lawyers and law enforcement officers were about justice at one time too.

30 posted on 02/05/2012 1:59:09 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: gorush
Sorry, but the facts you state are a bit off target.

First, Harding and Fine Man is a seldom used combination of words. Monumentally corrupt embarrassment to the Republican Party might be more accurate. Garfield was a fine man and emerged as a compromise candidate (that was also true of Harding in 1920) out of the 1880 convention but served only 200 days till he was assassinated and died. So it's hard to describe him as a great president. We'll never know. And Coolidge was Harding's VP who took over after Horn Dog in the closet with his mistress in flagrante delicto / Teapot Dome Scandal Warren died of natural causes in office.

Finally, in Jefferson's time there were no formal (informally there were the Democratic Republicans - today's Democrats - and Federalists - now defunct) parties nor any conventions to nominate a presidential candidate. He was Adams' VP and replaced him in the election of 1800. His Vice President, Aaron Burr, got that office by virtue of coming in second in the Electoral College vote.

The last really contested convention, and even this one was still a single ballot affair, was probably the Democratic convention in 1960 with Kennedy barely winning and adding second place Johnson to the ticket for party unity.

31 posted on 02/05/2012 2:06:24 PM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: katana

Re: Jefferson, I said an argument could be made... for the same reasons you cited. Harding WAS a good man, naive though, hence his corrupt cabinet.


32 posted on 02/05/2012 2:09:19 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: Liberty Valance

I’m feeling totally depleted..as if my ‘hope springs eternal’ prayerful little world came to an end overnight. I thought we had a few icons of conscience.

No longer trust Drudge, Rush, FauxNews, Washington Times and many other resources that appeared to share my conservative POV.

If anything happens to FReeRepublic - I’m leaving for New Zealand.


33 posted on 02/05/2012 2:11:10 PM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason...... to celebrate life and embrace the future.)
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