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Conservatives plot to hijack 2016 Republican nomination at secret meeting
The Washington Times ^ | May 12, 2015 | Ralph Z. Hallow

Posted on 05/12/2015 7:44:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Ideas include oath to single candidate, pledge to stay in race until end.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — As the Republican National Committee convenes its spring meeting in this resort city, conservative activists fearful of getting stuck with another moderate candidate in 2016 are gathering 2,300 miles away to plot strategies to engineer the presidential nomination to their liking.

Representatives of some 40 conservative groups plan to meet Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in the Washington suburb of McLean, Virginia, where they will air their fears of having the nomination process hijacked by establishment Republicans and wrestle over different strategies to turn the primaries and caucuses to their advantage.

Their goal is to avoid ending up with another moderate, establishment candidate like they landed in 2008 with John McCain and in 2012 with Mitt Romney. Their hope is to find a way to pick a nominee who, if elected, would actually stay the course the way they think Ronald Reagan did 35 years ago....

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To: Din Maker

no outcome (yet), just that they had the meeting with the intent to determine which one they would consolidate behind. I cannot imagine it will be anyone BUT Cruz. Hopefully we hear soon.


61 posted on 05/13/2015 7:53:47 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: Theodore R.

I believe Sununu had RR ear on more than one.They were all a disaster as far as I’m concerned.


62 posted on 05/13/2015 12:49:22 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: Theodore R.

If that’s the case then my view of goldwater has dimmed.


63 posted on 05/13/2015 12:50:11 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

Sununu wasn’t in the Reagan administration. He was governor in 1988 and helped GHWB win the NH primary.


64 posted on 05/13/2015 2:24:17 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good luck with that. Hope that they are successful. They absolutely have to end open primaries, motor voter registration, and other dimmanazi methods of choosing our candidates.


65 posted on 05/13/2015 5:04:13 PM PDT by matthew fuller (God bless and protect Pamela Geller.)
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To: Theodore R.

Got it.Thanks.


66 posted on 05/13/2015 9:55:05 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: dp0622

I agree 100%, it’s good to see an adult in the race, finally!


67 posted on 05/14/2015 7:39:39 AM PDT by Fireone (Impeach and imprison, NOW! Treason and murder are still crimes.)
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To: Fireone

Yes, it is.


68 posted on 05/14/2015 9:13:42 AM PDT by dp0622
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To: GeronL

Fiorina probably has 10 percent of Marin County locked up; well maybe, 5 percent.


69 posted on 05/14/2015 5:16:42 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Fai Mao

Palin and Ryan have something in common: they could not corral the aberrant Biden in “debate”.


70 posted on 05/14/2015 5:17:30 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: Theodore R.

rofl


71 posted on 05/14/2015 5:35:15 PM PDT by GeronL (NEW ARRIVALS -> 99 cents buy here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/541331)
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