Posted on 07/16/2016 12:31:34 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
In the end, Never Trump never stood a chance.
Despite plenty of positive media coverage and an active social media and email campaign, the effort to wrest the nomination from presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in the 11th hour fizzled in a Cleveland conference room thanks to an alliance between the ultimate outsider candidate and insider party operatives.
The Trump campaign -- worried about efforts to unbind delegates -- tied itself to the Republican National Committee and their operations prepared to work together, sources involved told CNN.
Wednesday night, on the eve of the crucial Rules Committee meeting, Trump and RNC staff gathered friendly delegates on the sixth floor of the downtown Westin, the Trump campaign's home base here. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus personally addressed the room, and delegates were introduced to staff whips for each side and to delegates that would be offering guidance on the whole range of issues before the committee.
Trump's campaign created a texting system so that Rules Committee delegates could be alerted in real time to preferred positions on various amendments.
Running things for Trump was Bill McGinley, a veteran political attorney from Jones Day. On the RNC side, it was chief of staff Katie Walsh and chief operating officer Sean Cairncross.
Delegates were told to look for Maine's Alex Willette, Massachusetts's Vincent DeVito and California's Harmeet Dhillon on the Trump side of things and Georgia's Randy Evans, New Hampshire's Steve Duprey, Tennessee's John Ryder, also the general counsel for the RNC, and Texas' Steve Munisteri for the RNC perspective.
The preparation paid off. On vote after vote in the 112-member meeting Thursday, RNC and Trump supporters were largely in lockstep.
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These ‘delegates’ acted like a bunch of unruly teenagers.
So let the games begin.
I see Paul Manafort’s hand behind the scenese here. There’s a reason that everyone from Newt to Roger Stone hailed his addition to the Trump Team as a key success factor. Conventions are his forte, and the alliance with the RNC was brilliant strategically because as I think we see now, without it the situation would be much different. So, say what you will about Priebus, he saw the winning solution and took it.
The soiled diaper brigade got slapped down. Now they are whining about creating a disturbance on the floor at the convention. The butthurt just won’t stop.
The Incredibly Shrinking RINOs:”But, but we are losing! No! This cannot be. All my work! My work!!!”
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I hope this does put to bed any further scheming by Lyn' Ted and his supporters. It's over, you lost. Get onboard Trump/Pence or Clinton.
In hope that this occurs, I will, for the second time, retire my signature "Like herpes, Lyn' Ted and his supporters can always flare up again." But, it someone wants to drag Lyn' Ted out again, I'm ready and will speak up. He lost, good riddance to him.
“Trump’s campaign created a texting system so that Rules Committee delegates could be alerted in real time...”
Trump is such an unprepared neophyte. /s
Speaking of Lyin’ Ted, Trumps got a pretty good ground game.
Oh noes....you mean Trump has folks who can organize??!?!
BWAHAHAHA
Yes, he does and he hasn’t had need to trot it out to the media or spend money wildly to accomplish it. The burn rate of the two campaigns should be a potent campaign issue. Trump lately something like $3-4 million and Clinton $50-60 million. And Trump is tied or leading in most recent polls. Clinton to pick Jeb for running mate to seal the deal on spending herself into a decisive knockout.
Thank you again for the ping!
This rules thing needed to happen.
I needed to see it happen and the nevertrump gang needed to feel it happen.
This proves these guys are
D O N E. They can puff and blow, but they can now fall in or be de-credentialed, or even removed as disruptors.
Actually the ‘stop Trump’ delegates were a distraction and prevented some good small reforms from being passed IMO.
Generally, closed primaries are good for conservatives (though they weren’t significant this year). Giving them ‘some’ more influence in early contests is generally a hurdle to the establishment forcing RINOs on the electorate.
Unbinding was an incredibly stupid idea.
And Ted won Iowa. BFD.
Cruz will roll up his sleeves and fight the good fight as well as anyone in the campaign. Let the the whiny twits like Jeb and Kassich go but recognize how valuable Cruz can be in making America great and safe again.
Definitely more sophisticated than the FBI proclaimed unsophisticated hiLIARy.
Good. But I don’t understand the antipathy to closed primaries. Or was it because the Cuccinile (sp) wanted something in return?
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