Posted on 03/04/2016 11:16:51 AM PST by campaignPete R-CT
The New York Times greets people at newsstands today with huge headlines, usual reserved for wars and other historic events. "Romney ... Trump ... Nation in peril."
And, yet, before the ink is even dry, the Romney-led #NeverTrump movement is visibly a flop. And the Romney speech is a non-story.
A. RNC Chairman Priebus: The rules of the nominating process are “no different today than 100 years ago. Which is you have a process. And whatever candidate gets a majority of the delegates is going to get the support of the party. That’s how it works,” Reince Priebus said on CNN Thursday.
B. 8 more states in the next 4 days: Trump will dominate again. He may lose Kansas or Idaho, but it could be an 8 for 8 sweep.
C. Romney has until March 26 to get on the California primary ballot of June 7th. There is no indication of any effort in that direction.
D. Even if Kasich and Rubio are successful on the 15th, Trump looks like a winner the same day in MO, NC, ILL.
F. Romney could have stormed the Utah caucuses and won on the 22nd, perhaps electing an uncommitted slate. But the same day in AZ, there is no "uncommitted" spot on the ballot. Who competes with Trump there?
G. The idea of packing the Rubio & Cruz slates with #NeverTrump people would have limited success. Local party people who become delegates think for themselves and are just as likely to be #NeverCruz or #NeverMarco or #NeverRomney. Recall that the Romney people were never too good at the state-by-state minutia required in such an effort. Ron Paul's people ran circles around them at caucuses and conventions in 2012.
H. A merger to create a Cruz-Rubio or Rubio-Cruz ticket? Whomever is VP "2nd man" in that deal will find a chunk of his delegates will resist and go with Trump on a 2nd ballot.
This little episode is now over and the voters can now get back to selecting their nominee.
The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, and every liberal newspaper in the Country are supporting the quisling Romney.
Romney must be so proud... he who was totally impotent against Obama and Hillary has finally found his voice fighting the Republican front runner.
#StopTrump
#StopGoldenState
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