Posted on 04/14/2016 9:51:48 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Colorado delegates should be excluded from the RNC. Agreed?
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not unless you drop all the other caucus delegates too
how would that work out?
I would HATE to be your enemy. You are relentless. :)
Glad we’re voting for the same guy.
though I can’t bring myself to hate cruz.
I guess cause I liked him so much once.
"Look at what he's done to an elite field of Republican candidates! Don't you want that man fighting against Hillary?"
Holy cow! Patriotic Americans are voting for the voters! Great job!
No. Unbound delegates can be won by anyone.
Good Lord, NO!
Corrupt as hell and the proof is that Trump got zero Colorado delegates. Trump would have lost to Cruz in a real honest Colorado primary but would have gotten at least 35% of the vote.
ted was too young and too brash.
imho, a very brilliant talented man who still might have a future as he is very young.
Exclusion??! No way.
Hang them.
No. Trump and his people needs to learn to follow directions. This isn’t about him
“ted was too young and too brash.”
I can’t get past the sense that he’s creepy!
I am the 2%.
Yes (985 votes) 98%
98%
No (24 votes) 2%
“ted was too young and too brash.”
I can’t get past the sense that he’s creepy!
Currently living in CO, but since the delegates no-longer represent my choices, I have to agree. Yes, exclude them.
I know...sigh...
Citizens are free to associate with whomever they want, and those associations have protections as well under the Constitution.
My understanding is that everything that happened in Colorado was legal. It may not have been considered ethical by some, but no laws were broken.
I used to live in Colorado. The state party, like the national party, is split between GOPe and conservative stalwarts. Even though there are probably more conservative stalwarts voting in the state, the majority of party members willing to attend boring meetings, hand out fliers, run registration drives, etc. tend to be GOPe or just go-along-to-get-along types.
So conservatives and independent thinking Republicans in Colorado are use to being screwed over by the party apparatchik.
Caucuses have the advantage that they are financed by the party and can be run as the party desires. If the majority of Coloradans wanted all delegates to be committed then they should have been more actively engaged with the party bureaucracy.
If Colorado moves to a primary, then it will most likely be financed by the state. Then it will over time end up being an open primary. That might be OK for Trump in this election, but it would not be a good thing for the GOP in the long run.
So basically party members can get screwed two different ways: by caucuses with unpopular rules or primaries swamped by non-party members.
The only solution is for conservatives to take a deep breath, swallow hard, and start being more active in GOP fundraisers, registration drives, committee meetings, etc.
Much of the world is run by people who love going to meetings.
They don’t matter
Trump will win without them
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