Posted on 12/10/2007 10:38:03 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
For him to do this, he would have to elect delegates. With his current numbers he will not have any, and, should the convention deadlock, would have less chance of being nominated than someone who had not run in the primaries.
thanks neverdem.
New polls show no clear leader in either party
CNN | December 9, 2007 | Rebecca Sinderbrand
Posted on 12/09/2007 11:07:49 PM EST by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937216/posts
The GOP nomination is up for grabs
RealClearPolitics | December 9th 2007 | Salena Zito
Posted on 12/09/2007 9:07:52 AM EST by LonesomeHawk
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936935/posts
New York. New Jersey. Arizona. Virginia. Missouri. And, as you stated, California.
And many aren’t winner-take-all, strictly, but are far from proportional. For instance, in Michigan, a candidate gets three delegates for each congressional distict he wins. Five are awarded to the statewide winner. Only ten of sixty are divided proportionally. So, suppose Romney gets 21, Rudy 19, Huck 17. Romney could still easily walk away with 50 or more of the delegates. (Of course, only 25 will count :^D)
Florida’s is similar. This is really, really bad, because both Florida and Michigan have many, many congressional districts with just a few hundred or thousand Republican voters. The number of fraudulent Democrats could easily outnumber actual Republicans, because Democrats and illegals outnumber Republicans 20 or 50 to 1!
Other states that do this include Texas, Maryland, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana
Pennsylvania and Illinois at least penalizes certain districts for having so few Republican voters, but by, at most, half.
Georgia is 1/2 state-wide winner-take-all, and half distict-by-district winner-take-all.
That’s just about every major state, isn’t it?
It doesn’t really matter if South Dakota allocates its votes, does it?
I guess it matters who shows up as delegates. Are the Rudy Delegates proabortion, proamnesty for 15 to 30 million illegals, pro-gun control, pro-gay pride day at Fort Bragg? Is that who’ll represent republicans? If so, I predict a democrat victory. The platform committees are going to be interesting to watch.
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Brokered Party Conventions in 2008
REP.NOM.2008.BROKERED
The 2008 Republican Pres. Nominee to be selected at a Brokered Convention M 15.0 25.0 50.0 2 new
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938773/posts
Intrade has a new set of contracts, covering the possibility of brokered conventions. Bid is at 15%, ask is at 25%, earlier sold at 50%.
Brokered Party Conventions in 2008
REP.NOM.2008.BROKERED
The 2008 Republican Pres. Nominee to be selected at a Brokered Convention M 15.0 25.0 50.0 2 new
.
.
.
According to Intrade, the winner of the December 12th GOP debate was... Duncan Hunter.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1938773/posts
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