[humblegunner]

Already posted:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2844322/posts

[achilles2000]

Interesting. Now that Mittens is in trouble they want to sell us faux conservatives such as Christie, Daniels, or another Bush. I’ll stick with Santorum.

[Sybeck1]

Ryan maybe. Hell no to the others, especially the Bush and Crispy Creme Christie.

[REDWOOD99]

This is gonna get interesting.

[cotton1706]

Let the democrats not know who to go after until late summer.

They’re clearly having fundrasing troubles since they need to go the super pac route. Obama’s not a shoo-in, despite what the republican establishment thinks.

A real conservative republican nominee can sweep the table.

[no dems]

and draft their preferred candidate, be it Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie, or Paul Ryan. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Uh..... Can somebody help me out here? Those four are the choices of "Conservatives Republicans"? There's only one Conservative in that list; Paul Ryan. The rest are Moderates. Am I missing something?

[Graewoulf]

It is high time that “- - - an ideological battle between the very conservative and somewhat conservative/moderate wings of the party - - - “ FINALLY is now occurring.

Each election the GOP Establishment sneers at us in Flyover Country, and says to us “Quit your whining, and complaining, and just hold your nose as you vote for who WE have chosen for you. Never mind that only 4 % of Primary voters have chosen the GOP Nominee. We know that you have no choice to vote but to vote for our RINO. Oh, and BTW, be sure to “get out the vote. “ If you don’t vote for our RINO, then you are voting for the Democrats. Hah, hah, we beat you again!”

That hasn’t worked out for decreasing the size of the US Federal Government, in the humble, but ALWAYS correct opinion of those of us who are TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY Voter Block Party.

Currently, Ol’ Karly “Turdblossom” Rover-Boy is the main GOP Establishment proponent of this tried, and failed argument. Time to “Move On,” Karly-Boy as the 2012 Election Train has left the Station, and you are not on it.

BTW Karly-Boy, don’t let the door hit yuh where the Good Lord split yuh! Maybe MSNBC, CNN or the NYT will give you a new contract?

[US Navy Vet]

“brokered convention” = death OF THE “GOP”!

[Mach9]

Typical. No mention of the 1000-lb. gorilla. When Palin’s name fails to appear, I’m immediately suspicious of the source.

[DouglasKC]

Consider this: Right now, Romney barely has a majority of the delegates. If Gingrich successfully contests the winner-takes-all allocation in the Florida primary (based on the RNC’s rule against such a format before April), no one would have a majority of the delegates as of today.

I didn't know this. That means that the RNC is going against it's own rules if it lets Romney keep all the Florida delegates. There's been hardly a peep about it.

Also everyone seems to think that Romney has Michigan sewed up because he is a native Michigander and his father was governor. That's bunk. I'm 50 and barely knew the name Romney. I'm not the most political person in the world but my political knowledge is probably 80% better than most and I know nothing about George Romney except he was the governor a long time ago. I'm not sure how these things translate to votes.

[TexasFreeper2009]

does anyone have a link to somewhere that shows which of the remaining contests are winner take all?

[no dems]

I read the entire article. A Brokered Convention sounds exciting but this is a concern about a BC if someone, not currently running, gets the nod:

The nominee would have to be able to put together a platform, a fundraising organization, prepare for debates, select a running mate, and hit the campaign trail, all in a manner of weeks.
And the candidate would not be fully vetted. There might be some skeleton in his closet, or his family’s.

The last Dem BC was in 1952 when they nominated Gov. Adlai Stevenson of IL. The last GOP BC was 1940 when they nominated Wendell Wilkie. THEY BOTH LOST.

[McGruff]

Picture this.
The convention is in an uproar. There is no clear winner.
The MSM is mocking those disorganized Republicans.
A chant begins on the floor.

Sarah...

Sarah...

Sarah!