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To: Trumpinator
Cute that you think the State GOPe is somehow independent of the national GOPe.

If the national GOP is in charge, why are there so many different ways that the delegates are awarded? Proportional, winner take all, winner take most, conventions, "loopback" elections - I know the idea of an all-powerful national GOP manipulating things behind the scenes down to the local precinct level appeals to your birther, tinfoil hat conspiracist nature, but they have a lot less control at the state level than you think.

51 posted on 04/19/2016 11:24:07 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: CA Conservative

“they have a lot less control at the state level than you think.”

Of course they have little control of the process of the states and that is how it should be.

Along with many other principles trumpers have had to abandon to support The Donald, they now seem to be willing to throw away one of the greatest things in the country, the fact that states have rights and are not under total control of the feds.

I know that Donald Trump should by rights be able to tell all the states how to conduct their primaries or caucuses ... that is only right and fair, but right now, he can’t.


61 posted on 04/19/2016 11:58:54 AM PDT by altura (Cruz for our country)
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To: CA Conservative

You know full well that it does not matter how delegates are determined - the actual delegates are party insiders.


85 posted on 04/19/2016 2:54:08 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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