Posted on 03/25/2016 4:58:58 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Republicans have assumed this entire elections season that a candidate must have won at least 8 state primaries or caucuses to be eligible for the GOP nomination, but apparently that is not the case and apparently a rule change hasn’t technically occurred, but that’s not the way it seems.
Even Ted Cruz said just last night that John Kasich wasn’t eligible because he hadn’t won enough states, so even he was mislead.
Insiders now say rule 40(b) only applied to the republican convention in 2012 and was never intended to be used in future elections.
From Washington Examiner:
Party officials and knowledgeable sources have confirmed over the past few days that Rule 40(b) doesn’t exist for the purposes of the upcoming convention. That means at this point, the three candidates left in the race, front-runner Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, are all eligible for the nomination, as, possibly, are the Republican contenders who have since suspended their campaigns.
Ben Ginsberg, a Republican elections lawyer who was involved in rule-making process for the 2012 convention, said that Rule 40(b) isn’t transferrable to the 2016 convention. Ginsberg explained to the Washington Examiner that what was passed in 2012 applied only to 2012, and that the 2016 convention must pass its own rule determining nomination eligibilty.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus confirmed Ginsberg’s assessment on Sunday during a television interview. “There will always be a perception problem if people continue to miss — to not explain the process properly. So, the 2012 rules committee writes the rules for the 2012 convention. The 2016 rules committee writes the rules for the 2016 convention,” he told CNN.
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Same s 2012, except for rules changed by the RNC. The RNC members ARE ELECTED, not appointed, ANY Republican can be involved in the process. Trump should have thought of this at the start. Some have already been elected, many others are yet to be elected. In Colorado, for example, they will be chosen at the State Convention, on April 9th. ---Yes it's too late too become a delegate to the State Convention, Trump should not have slept through this process. He is a political novice, hasn't studied the law or the rules or the history, it's his own fault for sleepwalking through the campaign, thinking it's merely about rallies and debates speechifying and TV. He spends too much of his life watching TV. TV isn't reality, Donald, no matter how many "reality TV" shows you watch. Wake up. Do the hard work. The rules have been posted on the internet for a very long time. It's getting late.
Including the fact that Harry Reid is in the Senate with the help of Donald J Trump?
Donald has all the marks of a johnny-come-lately opportunist, a "conservative of convenience" who will turn on the conservatives as soon as it becomes advantageous to his career.
Get use to the words "That was then, this is now," because that is what he is going to tell you. He's done it before. Many times.
Reid takes a lot of grief around here but he did kill Feinstein’s assault weapon ban bill. My primary issues are the second amendment and illegal immigration. Trumps good to go AFAIC.
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