Read up on the 1860 Republican National Convention that nominated Lincoln over the favorite Seward on the 3rd ballot. Was that fair?
Different times. They didn’t have primary elections back then.
Well, maybe you should. The only reason Lincoln was elected to the presidency is because the democrat party at the time was deeply divided. In fact all parties were deeply divided to the point the predecessor to the GOP destroyed itself. And he won the presidency with less than 40% of the vote.
That will not happen for Cruz with the GOP committing political suicide. Hillary will skate in. Listen to the news. Even the GOPers are starting to recognize this. They’re beginning to say unite behind Trump and help him win or lose to Hillary. Also, the senate is at risk. We need to wake up and get this done or the country goes to hell.
Oh, yeah, and then the unpopular Lincoln win led to a nasty civil war.