Posted on 08/28/2012 7:31:55 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
At 2:00 p.m. today in Tampa, the Republican National Committee, led by Team Romney, is moving to shut down conservative grassroots activists. I’ve been on the phone with several individuals involved in the fight who tell me that the fight is not over, it is only just starting.
Specifically, the media is reporting that the rules fight is over because Team Romney is abandoning Ben Ginsberg’s effort to allow candidates to control delegates. Under an initial proposal, delegates would, in effect, be chosen by the presumed nominee’s campaign and not based on votes in the states and delegate selection processes in the states.
That issue appears resolved, but several people I’ve spoken to this morning make clear that Team Romney and the RNC establishment are using that compromise as a red herring to distract from two major rules change proposals that would decimate Republican grassroots and prevent upstart political campaigns.
Reports that the floor fight threat is over might be designed to calm the grassroots and get them to ignore what is coming at 2 o’clock.
The first rule to be proposed is one that would give the Republican National Committee the power to change rules between conventions with a three-quarters vote of the RNC. One source tells me, “With a Republican President, of course this is doable. Everybody will roll over if a President Romney asks them too. They’ll be able to get Ben Ginsberg’s proposal next year.”
In other words, if Team Romney prevails in this rules change, they don’t have to worry about Ben Ginsberg not getting his way today on the delegate changes. They’ll be able to do it later when the press and grassroots are not watching.
The second rules change would front load winner takes all primaries.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Laugh right back.... Use Huff for your rabbit trail excuse and defense. I’m not favorably impressed.
Not buying your schlick, girl.
The grassroots must wrest control away from the central planning big government statists!! Long live Liberty!!Agreed. We need to take a page from the leftists playbook, and take the committee chairmanships over and start NOW, from the grass roots.
Romney’s campaign voice mail box is full....lol. I sent an email though.
They are risking fracturing this party and losing the election with this dirty trick. After this election....we need to seriously start thinking a third party...The TEA PARTY. Fight going on now on captan!! Lots of booing.
The Virginia and Rhode Island delegations are apparently being blocked from entering the Republican National Convention according to delegates on twitter on the bus. They’re all on a bus but not allowed in the security perimeter as the meetings are going on
You know, I was pissed they didn't invite her, but now I am wondering if they did and she said, "Oh, HELL no."
Texas is raising hell right now.. An uprising on the convention floor. Everyone shouting USA..USA..
wOW!!
I have had blast faxes from a lot of different pro-gun groups warning how severely they will be muzzled under these new rules.
LOL, Laz! This is heating up on FOX and cspan over the rules. Paul supporters are kicking it off.
May six state delegations bring it home and end this power grab to our favor.
I bet part of the Rove Agenda includes the removal of Texas from the United States.
Look, I grant you that Ron Paul is an utter asshat. But the squashing of Ron Paul ALSO happens to squash Tea Partiers. Pro gunners. Anti abortion people. What’s your ‘pet’ issue? Because whatever it is, with the schlek they are pulling, yer screwed too.
Eva will have an answer for this, I’m sure.
Oh, I am not saying that the conservatives won’t be marginalized. That’s part of the plan. The Paulers hate the social conservatives as much as they hate Romney.
This is a divide and conquer plan, not a short term plan, a four year plan. The Paulers think that the Libertarians will complete the take over of the GOP in 2016 if they defeat Romney.
Mr. RomneyCARE will not escape being linked to this travesty.
But then again, he has absolutely no shame.
Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot. Over.
Why don’t you blame the instigators of this?
That would be: TEAM ROMNEY, again.
Remember, Ron Paul took money from George Soros. He is closer to George Soros than he is to either the inside the Beltway Republicans or the conservatives.
We will see this repeated a lot.
This is a divide and conquer plan (by the Paultards)
Then you would be motivated to reject the rules changes too, by your own words, quoted above.
Mitt Romney is George Soros’ proud partner in JET BLUE.
Why don’t you admit the truth?
That is fine with me!!
I can’t believe what I just watched!! Blatant tyranny if you ask me.
Looks like the crap passed.
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