Then why have primaries at all? This country was built on “we the people,” not “we the party.”
Tell that to unbound GOPe delegate, Curly Haugland. He says the party decides :(
The Will/Lowry corollary to the Voltaire Principle:
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it, (unless, of course, it’s in support of Donald Trump.)”
Rules committee delegates can vote any way they feel like on rule changes. What’s to stop them from raising the first round nomination threshold to 55% or 60% - or whatever is just beyond Trump’s total at the end of the primaries?
You say adherence to principle and fair play would prevent this? Oh, really.
As I said previously, what kind of system is it that requires a majority on the first ballot, but throws out the principle of majority rule in succeeding rounds? If something is a principle, it endures. So, this must not be a principle at all, but, rather, an effort to simulate a belief in majority rule.