It’s like you have to run 2 campaigns, one for the Primary elections and a separate one for the delegate elections (nominations). Ridiculous. And the general population or non political insiders, had no idea, and why would we? So very few are experts on the arcane and varied state delegate rules. This whole crooked deal is so slimy, and the GOPe are the champions of this power play. They’ve stacked the deck, and are smug and superior about it. Of course the whole of the MSM that would love to see Trump bite the political dust, and all the Dems who also have a totally stacked deck with their super delegates, all STINK BIG TIME. No Trump win, no Pub vote on my part. If Trump goes 3rd Party, I go with him. Or I write in Donald J. Trump for Prez. Or I stay home. I’ll choose my own poison, thank you.
It is all for delegates.
I wholeheartedly agree that our entire political system is corrupt. The dems have their super delegates while the GOP has this diabolical labyrinth of delegate selection procedures that usurps the will of the voters.
Naturally, I applaud and commend Mr. Trump’s principled stance against taking large PAC contributions, etc., and doing things on his terms. However, we are now down to crunch time and he cannot afford to play it safe any longer.
He must not cut corners in doing whatever necessary to ensure his nomination. It’s clear to me that he has to up the ante immediately to guarantee he has the 1237!!!
Money has to be allocated now to close this deal.
Of course, there is the looming matter of funding the massively expensive general election when, NO DOUBT, he will have to have the wealth of resources from the party.
They have the indispensable data bases and other contacts essential to any winning strategy—above and beyond the billion or two dollars. He won’t be able to bankroll a general election alone; he’s not that liquid or risky!!
What worries me tonight are these scheduled RNC meetings regarding rules for the convention that I understand are to take place in coming weeks!!!
Finally, I’ll follow Mr. Trump wherever he decides to go. Unfortunately, time to mount a third party run is basically gone and write-ins are problematic (many states, I gather, do not accept them). I don’t know whether my state (MD) does or not. All I know is that I cannot vote for any of the other 4 candidates in good conscience.
Mr. Trump is already my president in my heart and mind. I pray that he actually will be elected in November and serve two terms. There is NO OTHER CHOICE FOR OUR FUTURE!!
It has been a teaching moment season for America, hasn’t it.
We learned that we do not have a democracy after all, in the voting booth. Primary votes for candidates are used to simply quantify the allocation of earned delegates to the candidates.
Some delegates are allocated in some states, all delegates are allocated in others, and some states there is no voting at all! I mean, LOL!
It is hilarious when you think about it, if it were just not so tragic.
There is no “majority rule” for the people’s choice for the nomination.
Instead, they call it a “plurality”, so it can’t possibly be a majority vote.
Only the delegates vote is called a “majority”. People are caramel fudge. Only delegates can have their desired outcome called a “majority vote”.