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GOP Brokered Convention: Which candidate would you prefer?
Thursday February 2, 2012

Posted on 02/02/2012 6:52:43 PM PST by Bigtigermike

If no current GOP Presidential candidate garners more than 50% of delegates during the primary, Republican delegates can have the opportunity to vote for anyone they wish, whether or not they are currently a candidate. This is called a brokered convention

If you were a delegate, would you prefer one of the current candidates or consider somebody currently not in the race?

To make this more intriguing, we paired off potential and current candidates like a sports tournament pairing - choose one person per each match up for each round.

Round 1.

Jeb Bush vs Bobby Jindal -----|

Newt Gingrich vs Paul Ryan -----|


Sarah Palin vs Marco Rubio ----|

Rick Santorum vs Jim Demint ----|



Ron Paul vs Chris Christie ----|

Mitt Romney vs Mitch Daniels ----|


"Other" vs Mike Huckabee -----|

John Thune vs Bob McDonnell ----|


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: brokeredconvention; delusion; gingrich; koolaid; palin; romney; rubio; vanity
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To: Bigtigermike

Round 1.

Jeb Bush vs Bobby Jindal -——| Jindal

Newt Gingrich vs Paul Ryan -——| Ryan

Sarah Palin vs Marco Rubio ——| Palin

Rick Santorum vs Jim Demint ——| Demint

Ron Paul vs Chris Christie ——| Christie

Mitt Romney vs Mitch Daniels ——| Romney

“Other” vs Mike Huckabee -——| Other

John Thune vs Bob McDonnell ——| McDonnell


21 posted on 02/02/2012 7:26:01 PM PST by Ocarterma (formerly Obushma: Because he's way past Bush---he's Carter now!)
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To: Bigtigermike

Round 1.

Jeb Bush vs Bobby Jindal -——| Jindal

Newt Gingrich vs Paul Ryan -——| Ryan

Sarah Palin vs Marco Rubio ——| Palin

Rick Santorum vs Jim Demint ——| Demint

Ron Paul vs Chris Christie ——| Christie

Mitt Romney vs Mitch Daniels ——| Romney

“Other” vs Mike Huckabee -——| Other

John Thune vs Bob McDonnell ——| McDonnell


22 posted on 02/02/2012 7:26:01 PM PST by Ocarterma (formerly Obushma: Because he's way past Bush---he's Carter now!)
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To: Bigtigermike

Ryan.

He knows numbers, he presents himself well, he is a good speaker, he is young and attractive, he is relatively unknown and seems to be fairly clean.

He would be an excellent candidate.


23 posted on 02/02/2012 7:30:08 PM PST by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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To: Bigtigermike

It won’t work.

Romney has been running for seven years plus, he will not free up his delegates to vote for someone else.

All a brokered convention means is Romney and the GOP-E start buying delegates until they have enough.


24 posted on 02/02/2012 7:32:18 PM PST by TitansAFC (Rick Santorum is the suicide bomber of the 2012 Primary; he's going to take us all out with him.)
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To: Baynative

Chaffetz is supporting Romney, right?


25 posted on 02/02/2012 7:35:49 PM PST by goodnesswins (2012..."We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor")
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To: Venturer

Jeb Bush is head and shoulders above the field. He is NOT his brother who was a big disappointment. I think Jeb is much smarter, more seasoned, and was a great governor of FLA. Just ask the people there. They should know. Of course not all liked him, but he was known as a popular governor and had the majority with him.


26 posted on 02/02/2012 7:37:03 PM PST by sgfan1212
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To: TJA

Jindal is spineless and sticks a moistened finger in the air to figure out what side he should take. He’d get run over by the Democratic leadership in D.C. and their minions in the media.

I’d take Paul Ryan over all.


27 posted on 02/02/2012 7:37:47 PM PST by Round 9
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To: Bigtigermike

Some very good men have been nominated because of brokered conventions, Garfield, Harding, Coolidge...


28 posted on 02/02/2012 7:41:14 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: maine-iac7

I alienated the GOP-E’s by telling them I won’t vote for Romney. In my area, they are the ones who decide.
Is there another way to become a delegate?


29 posted on 02/02/2012 7:43:15 PM PST by Mountain Mary (Awaken Oh America...)
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To: wolfman23601

What if “other” was Steve Forbes?


30 posted on 02/02/2012 7:44:52 PM PST by erkelly (Never underestimate the stupidity of the stupid party!)
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To: All
Sarah and Sherriff Joe.
31 posted on 02/02/2012 7:46:44 PM PST by troy McClure
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To: Bigtigermike

Gov. Rick Perry


32 posted on 02/02/2012 7:46:56 PM PST by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: smoothsailing

Yes. Big time!


33 posted on 02/02/2012 7:47:55 PM PST by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: Round 9
Jindal is spineless and sticks a moistened finger in the air to figure out what side he should take.

What evidence do you have of that?

34 posted on 02/02/2012 7:49:31 PM PST by TJA
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To: hinckley buzzard

Not necessarily, the delegates certainly don’t have to vote for an establishment candidate, the process can continue for as many rounds as necessary. I sure wouldn’t vote for the establisment candidate unless I felt the candidate was a good one. (I was an alternate delegate four years ago so this is quite real to me.)


35 posted on 02/02/2012 7:49:59 PM PST by erkelly (Never underestimate the stupidity of the stupid party!)
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To: Bigtigermike

My bet - there is little chance of a brokered convention.


36 posted on 02/02/2012 7:54:56 PM PST by Ron C.
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To: sgfan1212

I have seen his mother attack Sarah Palin, I saw him sitting with his dad in the oval office last week with Obama, I know he and his family endorse the Dream act for illegals probably because he is married to a Hispanic.

Jeb may indeed be smarter than his brother , but I wasn’t all that dissappointed in his brother until he came up with the TARP plan.George could not have been all wrong since when Obama became President he still used Bush’s plans for foreign policy.

As I said I have seen enough Bush’s to last me a lifetime. I believe most of us have.


37 posted on 02/02/2012 7:56:43 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Mountain Mary

Good for you - however, as to becoming a delegate, probably not.

I’ve been a delegate several times - and when I got there - I voted the way I wanted to...


38 posted on 02/02/2012 8:05:05 PM PST by maine-iac7
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To: maine-iac7

Good point about involvement. A brokered convention will go much better for conservatives if conservatives are the ones in the delegate seats.

Unfortunately, I live in Virginia, and the slate of delegates is set, and it’s either Romney’s slate or Paul’s slate. But there are certainly other states where the delegates are up for grabs.

We can figure out who to vote for when we get closer and we know it’s brokered. IN the meantime, the key is to deny Romney delegates, by voting, especially in proportional states where both our candidates can compete together and hurt Romney (like in Nevada, where Gingrich and Santorum could both compete and the more votes either of them get, the fewer delegates Romney will end up with).


39 posted on 02/02/2012 8:17:38 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Bigtigermike

Well first Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal are not eligible and as far as I know are not running.

I’d stick with Newt. He will hit the ground running on day one. Mitt will form a committee to study all the problems for a year or so.


40 posted on 02/02/2012 8:17:38 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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