Posted on 03/12/2012 10:34:47 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Romney. They aren't going to give it to someone who hasn't spent time in the primaries. Little chance that they'd give it to Newt, and zero chance that they'd give it to Santorum or Paul.
They'll give it to Romney, and force him to pick someone as Veep who they think will mollify "the base" in exchange for the base going along with the mess.
Prepare to be told that Romney and _______ (insert marginally acceptable Veep candidate here) is the best they could do and that we should be thrilled with the situation.
Further, be prepared to be beat about the head and neck with calls for "party unity" in exchange for (maybe) a nod or two to conservatives when the platform is written.
there is no one that Romney could pick that would make me more likely to vote for him.
A divided convention is the state we would enter if no one wins on the first ballot. The term brokered convention means it has moved to the smoke filled back rooms where the conservatives (the people) have little say. Once it becomes brokered, the people lose.
RE: there is no one that Romney could pick that would make me more likely to vote for him.
So what do you plan to do in November if Romney were the candidate?
Santorum simply can't win, here or after the nomination. So the best thing is to get rid of the two with a brokered convention. (Santorum wrongly thinks he will win in a Brokered Conv.)
True. His campaign team hasn’t been well organized and hasn’t worked ahead of the primaries to set up dedicated delegates before the primaries.
In Ohio this was very important, as delegates had to be lined up and dedicated to a candidate ahead of the primary itself. If that wasn’t done, then those delegates would have to vote for the Ohio primary winner on the first vote at the convention. Gingrich’s team had been in Ohio arranging for dedicated delegates, but Santorum swept in and, because he IS NO strategist, essentially ran to deny Gingrich delegates, as he, Santorum, had not set up dedicated delegates for himself. What a spoiler!
And some on FR are calling for Santorum and Gingrich to join forces! I don’t see that happening - Santorum is far too immature and emotional.
Well, I think things will be more clear here in the next couple of weeks. Santorum would be thrilled, I agree with you. However, I don’t think there is much chance of that happening.
I'm all for an open convention. How could it nominate anyone worse than Mitt Romney? We have nothing to lose and a lot to possibly gain.
That's very true. That problem he has, was painfully obvious during the last debate. When Paul and Romney teamed up on him and reminded the voters of Santo’s hypocritical and terrible record, as well as his tendency to embellish his experience and background.
Santorum turned a shade of purple I have not seen a human being achieve before, without the aid of Makeup. And the blubbering, stuttering and stammering that followed, as he attempted to respond, was hilarious!
[We have nothing to lose and a lot to possibly gain.]
That is absolutely true. We not only send a message to the GOPE, we also have a chance to take control of the direction of this party, without their dictatorial bias.
Correct about California. Nobody but the creme de la creme of the experts seems to be able to keep the various delegate allocation rules straight in these articles. According to RCP, NJ might also be WTA by district, but so was SC which was a blowout for Newt.
The article is absolutely right though that Ron Paul is the only one organizing delegates, enough to take over some county conventions where he certainly did not get a majority of the vote (e.g. Georgia). Anecdotally the Ron Paul people seem to be saying Romney backers are also going for delegates, but the Santorum and Newt people are asleep at the wheel. Getting delegates mean organization. The same reason Newt and Rick couldn’t get on all the ballots is what’s going to make it hard for them to win any delegate war at the convention.
As I’ve said before, with over half the upcoming states being subject to various winner-take-all rules, either Newt or Rick dropping out should net the remaining guy 100-200 delegates, all taken from Romney. That’s the only way they might have enough leverage to defeat Romney in a floor fight.
Me, either. But they will be trying nonetheless.
attempted take over ... for real?
Give details, please ...
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