Will Trump fans ever come to an understanding that there are two different things that happen?
1. Selecting who the actual people are who will be delegates and go to the national convention.
2. Determining who gets any “bound” votes of these delegates in the first ballot.
Trump has only focused on #2. If he does not lock up enough first round ballot votes, he is toast because he put no effort into #1.
And this will entirely be his own fault. It’s not cheating or stealing or bribing. It’s people showing up at these local meetings and trying to get elected to be a delegate.
It takes work. It takes local people. It takes relationships. Trump wants to run from Hannity’s set and his big rallies.
>> Trump wants to run from Hannity’s set <<
Excellent observation, but let’s not forget Mr. Trump’s phone calls to just about every network’s morning TV show, plus his madcap midnight tweeting. For those fun-filled frolics, he doesn’t even need to make the tiresome trek from Trump Tower over to the Ailes-run studios.