http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3424025/posts
Here is something to keep in the back of our minds,just how bad the RNC hates Trump:
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“Donald Trump may be the only Republican presidential candidate who can realistically hit the magic 1,237 number for the majority of delegates, but according to a senior Republican National Committee official that does not mean he will become the GOP presidential nominee.
Curly Haugland, a longstanding RNC official and an unbound delegate from North Dakota who will be on the convention rules committee in July, told CNBC that attaining 1,237 during the primaries does not secure the nomination.
“Even if Trump reaches the magic number of 1,237 the media and RNC are touting, that does not mean Trump is automatically the nominee,” Haugland said. “The votes earned during the primary process are only estimates and are not legal convention votes. The only official votes to nominate a candidate are those that are cast from the convention floor.”
Haugland explained the primary number is really an estimate. That’s because the eligibility of some delegates in how they are voted in could be questioned and their status may not be considered valid, Haugland said.
“Remember every state has a different delegate allocation process,” he said. “Delegates are picked up in state contests that can be winner take all, open primaries, and remember there are seven states that allow the candidates to pick their own delegates. Until those delegate challenges are settled, there is no 1,237.”
Haugland said he expects the delegates won in winner-take-all states to be most likely challenged. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). RNC shoots down plan to shift power to the delegates
Hitting 1,237 in the primaries does not mean the candidate would automatically become the GOP presidential nominee.
“You become the presumptive nominee when you get 1,237 bound delegates,” RNC spokesman Lindsay Walters told CNBC. “You officially become nominee when you have 1,237 votes on the floor of the convention.”
Trump has been contesting the delegate appropriation methods, accusing the Ted Cruz campaign of stealing delegates in Louisiana and Colorado. The Trump campaign has said it is considering challenging the seating of the Colorado delegation at the July convention. In March, a Trump senior adviser confirmed the campaign was moving on its plan to contest delegates in Louisiana after Trump won the state’s primary but received fewer delegates than Cruz.”
I hear rumblings that there’s going to be some shenanigans at the Republican state convention here in Delaware this coming weekend.
Which yours truly is attending, both the Friday night dinner with the writer of the Benghazi movie the guest speaker.
Saturday I will be attending the voting things. I am told I am to vote for whoever wins in the primary, which is this coming Tuesday.
What’s weird, shouldn’t I know what to do? Shouldn’t someone be instructing me? I only know this because my BFF is the Secretary of the Sussex GOP. But she’s following the instructions from the state GOP, a state Republican party dominated by the former solitary state Rep in America’s House, Mike Castle, AND his boyfriend....you read that right.
Also we will be voting for the state delegates to send to the national convention and I am going to lobby for this.
What?
First, I am a fairly well-known Blogger and I know everyone going to this convention, especially the elected people.
Second....hey, I can be pretty.
Heh.
I’ve always been a female who didn’t want to be judged by her looks but that was a long time ago.
I got my hair highlighted, lost about ten pounds, wowed them with my outfit at mass yesterday....I am a bit of a fashion diva....and men? They’re like a bus. You miss one, another one comes right along.
So I’m going to flirt and look my best and I’m thinking I can get voted to that national convention.
For this time, you may judge me by my looks.
Heh.
I will keep my amazing brain a secret.
Insert wink here.
Technically speaking, it’s true. Only when votes are cast on the convention floor will they count to get to the 1237 number to win the nomination. I remember only one time a bound delegate changed votes during the convention and that was four or eight years ago. I doubt that guy was reelected as a delegate or ever will be again.
The other side is, there will be plenty of Trump supporters at the convention that unbound delegates will also be pressured to vote for Trump. In the mean time, the media/press will continue questioning and speculating in order to drive ratings for themselves. That’s also a given. Consider the source with skepticism and common sense before jumping to conclusions.