Maybe delegates don't want Thighness directly or indirectly as POTUS.
It answers the question of why Cruz is doing this if he "can't win."
“Conscience” will be the GOP candidate for President this November. Cool....
The republicans are committing suicide and blaming Trump.
I guess this is “playing by the rules”
Maybe delegates don't want Thighness directly or indirectly as POTUS.
However, its certainly possible that if Trump does not control 50% of the delegates, changes could be made that harm Trump's chances but dont harm Cruz's chances. Which would make sense - that is how politics works. Whining about it won't help - working to encourage delegates to support your position in these rules fights is what needs to happen.
Trump has been badly served by his campaign team in this regard, and Cruz's team is doing quite well at it. Will Trump's recent team shakeup make a difference? I think they are paying more attention now, and may be doing better work in the background, but Trump spokemen continue to push the unhelpful whine message.
Cruz can win. So can Trump. Most probably this depends on whether Trump gets to the magic number in terms of bound and unbound but pledged delegates prior to the convention. If Trump is close, maybe he can make a deal with Kasich. Kasich has 66 delegates from Ohio and scattered delegates elsewhere. If Trump is within a hundred or so of the magic number, he may be able to swing a deal. But, as of right now, it’s either Trump on the first ballot or Cruz on the second.
BTW This is the most exciting contest in decades, going back to at least 1976, and it has the potential to be among the most exciting in history.
Remember the old adage about winning a battle but losing the war?
If the GOP prevails in its battle to bypass Trump in Cleveland at the very least it would then lose the war in November.
Beyond that, it would likely sustain battle damage from which it might never recover.
Cruz has so far won majorities in seven states: CO, ID, KS, ME, TX, UT and WI. He will probably win ND and WY. He won’t have any problem passing the eight state majority rule.
An example:
RULE NO. 38
Unit Rule
No delegate or alternate delegate shall be bound by any attempt of any state or Congressional district to impose the unit rule. A “unit rule” prohibited by this section means a rule or law under which a delegation at the national convention casts its entire vote as a unit as determined by a majority vote of the delegation.
I’m not exactly certain how this rule applies.
Most everyone is too busy pushing for their candidate to pay attention. Everyone is trying to arrange the deck chairs on the Titanic and no one is paying attention to the rule objective of avoiding the iceberg, ie Hillary Clinton.
Right now, I see no reason to prefer either Cruz or Trump since both are losing to Hillary or to Sanders. I believe both sides should take a time out. Cut out the name-calling. Stop the outrageous accusations. Talk about the candidates in terms of which one has the best chance to beat Hillary or Sanders. Do it in a respectful manner and not like a bunch of grade school students.
State rules still apply. There will be no challenge to the states’ ability to impose their own conditions on their own delegates.
Each state also has it’s own rules that the delegates must follow too.
The GOP will lose POTUS, as well as the majority in the House & Senate. Piss on them. This is what they want. Riots? Lol. That’s just the beginning.
“Conscience”
What about the votes of the people? Oh, I forgot, they do not matter to the GOP.
The current rules are temporary until the convention. At that point the delegates of the rules committee will be made of up Trump, Kasich and Cruz delegates. So I doubt very seriously that Trump and Kasich will allow that.
Like a ‘Living’ Constitution.....................
Let’s play Poker with the rules ‘Living’.
My pair of deuces beats your 4 aces.
I imagine that’s what the ‘rules’ are in North Korea when playing with Kim Jong-Un......................
There is only one flaw in the article, Cruz met the threshold after winning in CO. Giving him the eigth victory, Co, WI, ND, UT, TX, KA, ID, WY.
I was listening to Rush today...even he defended Cruz as to the way they were doing it. I got so p.o.’d I turned him off. Is everyone going insane? I am 78 years old; participated in politics since before Kennedy and have never seen anything like this. I can’t stand Cruz and what he has done to the election process. I know he’s just using the loopholes to his advantage, but it’s a rotten way to do business.
Not worth worrying about...ain't gonna happen.
Only a Kennedy could conceive of such a travesty...