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To: Sparticus
Yes, of course. The rules have always said you have to have a majority of to win. If Trump can't figure out how to get a majority, and someone else can get a majority to coalesce behind them, then Trump deserves to lose.

So your OK if they bypass Ted and put in Kasich, correct?

46 posted on 04/08/2016 1:56:49 PM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: Donglalinger
So your OK if they bypass Ted and put in Kasich, correct?

Who is this mythical "They" of which you speak? If you mean the RNC rigging things to block Ted and Donald in the second or later ballots, that isn't going to happen. The RNC doesn't have the power to do that and hasn't had it for a long time. The way things work is that the first order of business at the convention will be to pass a set of rules under which the convention will operate. All the delegates get to vote on the rules. Since the combined number of voters held by Trump and Cruz will be a super majority of the delegates, Trump and Cruz will have enough votes to prevent themselves from being disqualified. This means there is no way for "They" to arbitrarily make Kasich the nominee unless a majority of delegates to agree to it (which isn't going to happen). The rules committee (also made up of delegates) could theoretically write rules that boot either Trump or Cruz, but the way the numbers are likely to work out, I think that's extremely unlikely to pass a floor vote.

http://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2016-03-25/the-first-rule-of-the-republican-national-convention-there-arent-any-rules-yet

73 posted on 04/08/2016 2:20:32 PM PDT by Sparticus (Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
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