Posted on 02/09/2008 11:44:24 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Folks, there still may be a slim chance to force a deadlocked convention. I'm no election math wizard, but I believe it's still mathematically possible for McCain to NOT receive the requisite number of delegates to win the nomination. But it would require a great turnout of passionate conservative voters in the remaining primary states to accomplish.
The trick would be for all remaining primary conservative voters to vote for their favorite candidate as if he were still in the race. Fred's name is still on the ballot. So is Hunter's and Romney's. Shoot, vote for Huckabee, Paul or even Giuliani if you wish. Anyone but McCain!
None of the others can possibly win, but it's still possible for McCain to lose. Let it go to the convention and force the GOP to publicly fight it out as if its very life depended on it. Because it does.
What do we have to lose? As it stands now, more and more conservatives are declaring their intentions to sit out the general. If McCain is our candidate, looks like Hillary/Obama will be our next president. Don't let it happen. Vote for any GOPer other than McCain!
Thanks
I’m with you.
A deadlock would be a huge blessing and a second chance.
And Fred gives me my marching orders.
Baring that, we need a grass roots movement to take back the house and senate with anti amnesty conservatives. Put handcuffs on whoever is elected and neuter their ability to govern.
Totally on board with that.
As an aside, now is a good time to get the groundswell moving for conservative causes. If we can focus equal energy on getting conservatives voted into office in the local and congressional races, we will almost certainly have another Contract With America and keep the liberals from getting the annihilation of our nation they so desperately want.
I’m heading out the door to caucus right now for Mitt, wish it was for Fred.
We need to focus on the House and Senate. A democrat or Mcain in the WH is no different. To restore the conservative movement, we need to start with Congress, then the WH....
I agree we should try. Here in KY we’re pretty late, but you can count on me. I won’t just stay home, that’s for sure.
It's a plan! Let's do this!
Karl Rove was on Hannity and Colmes and showed in the numbers by the states where Huckabee would HAVE to get over 83% of the vote in the remaining states. Unless you could get 100% of the people who can vote OUT to vote and all of them voting for huckabee, i don’t see how this can work.
Jim,
As long as its not Huckabee I’m with you. I’d be happy to see a brokered convention.
Did he? when?
I’m not voting McCain in November. Now that Romney’s out, a brokered convention looks pretty good...if only to give the media pause to start bashing conservatism so early in the campaign season...they don’t want to anger conservatives too much until McCain wraps up the nomination...it’s open season when McCain wraps up the nomination, which may hurt the lower slates of conservative candidates.
Not a bad strategy, and besides you give the Huckabee candidacy a purpose other than loitering around the ballot hoping to get lucky and trying to make a little luck of their by own sticking pins in a McCain voodoo doll.
If Fred gives you marching orders...you are in big trouble.
Ain’t my website, but I think that Clint Eastwood is right, you all are masochists.
I was depressed, thinking he was locked in but now it appears otherwise.
Not only could we avoid a McCain presidency, the Republican Party would receive a huge message.
* Provided they can 'read' the message and figure it out without a lot of consultants having to be called in.
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