Posted on 04/19/2016 8:31:08 AM PDT by markomalley
(I would post another inflammatory comment by a Trump surrogate, but you already have the idea)
It’s becoming more and more obvious that the people of the US don’t have a say in who will be running for the presidency...Totally shameful...
Torches, pitchforks and other more modern forms of persuasion. If the GOPe succeeds in this delegate travesty, there will be hell to pay. Take that to the bank.
” backlash against standard procedure”
Seems it could be the “standard procedure” that has been in place has perhaps been working more FOR the establishment than for the voter.
If so, then a ‘backlash’ is long overdue!
The problem is that any political party is a private organization (private as in not governmental).
Each of these organizations, whether the GOP, the Democrats, the Libertarians, the Greens, the Constitution Party, or whichever, sets its own rules.
You don't like how the state parties set their rules for selecting candidates...my personal beef is state parties allowing for open primaries (after all, it was open primaries that gave us John McLame back in 2008).
If a prospective candidate doesn't like the rules of the party, he can either go find another party where he likes the rules or work within the party machinery to change the rules so that they are more to his liking...
Or the candidate could run as an independent and say to heck with the parties.
I suggest that for Trump, in all seriousness, as his popularity seems to transcend party politics. He could actually be a viable non-party candidate and could knock a hole in the two-party system we have here.
You don’t need inflammatory comments from Trump supporters. You have all that’s needed with Ted Cruz’ constant celebration over ‘delegates’ rather than ‘voters.’
Stand on the rules. That’s okay. They aren’t going to work in a General Election.
“This is going to throw a wedge into the Republican party if Trump wins the majority of delegates that are bound but not the nomination. I think that’s really going to damage the party,” he said.
It’s possible it already has
Freaking nuts to worry about the “Party/Politburo” and not even mention worrying about the COUNTRY!!!!!
>> Nothing like Byzantine rules...
The article said Trump was a ‘mogul’.
Shouldn’t a real mogul inherently be skilled at navigating Byzantine rules?
I prefer the closed primaries where the people have their say....
Buncha BS— how about a candidate wins all or a portion of the delegates from the people voting, period. The delegates are bound to the candidate up until the convention. If there is a brokered convention then they can hash it out at that time. None of the sneaky conniving wheeling-dealing in-between the primary/caucus votes and the convention.
Republicans should vote in the republican primary...
Democrats vote in the democratic primary...
Registered Independents ask for either ballot or vote for an independent candidate...
My opinion....
Totally agree.......
Sure we do. You or I could run if we chose to, which illustrates what I think the problem is - there are only two parties.
It seems to me that all too often people offer a backlash against standard procedure only when it does not benefit their perceived interests. For all intents and purposes, the race was essentially tied, but because Trump’s cumulative majority in five districts was slightly larger than Cruz’s cumulative majority in the other three, he gets the lion’s share of the votes on the first ballot—not many of the Trump supporters complain about that. Because Cruz and his guys on the ground are more actively involved, they likely will have the lion’s share on any subsequent ballots.
This isn’t the same as splitting things 26-26 (or 25-24), but there does seem some justice involved for both sides.
So, the state GOP chairman says not to worry, because the county caucus slate of delegates (having been loaded with delegates supportive of a specific nominee who did not win the county voters' endorsement) have not yet become congressional district or state delegates. No discussion is presented regarding whether all county delegations have been similarly loaded, but this guy's advice is to wait until delegates are chosen at the state level before identifying issues at the county level.
Any bets on whether he would say it's "too late" to complain, once the state delegation is set?
And they wonder why regular people do not want to live and work in the political arena.
Does Cruz or the GOP expect any Republican to vote in any way for them who have knowledge of these things?
We know this is the GOP in conjunction with Cruz here.
I'm going to write them both off I think.
I only see two scenarios where I get behind the GOP this year.
#1 Trump wins nomination.
#2. Trump and Cruz team up.
Beyond that I see last election as the last time I vote for Republicans, especially for lawyers and a proved weasel like Ted Cruz.
Then go ahead and run.....
The setup I described would put an end to outrages like the theft of that primary runoff for Cochran. Looking back, is that actually the day the Republican Party died? We didn't know it yet.
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