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To: RoosterRedux
Proceedings on Thursday were delayed three hours as the two sides negotiated. One of the biggest sticking points was Cuccinelli's proposal for a hefty bonus to states that close their primaries. He wanted 20% more delegates for those states; the RNC thought that was too substantial. Knowing they had the votes to defeat him, the RNC held out. Cuccinelli told reporters he plans to try to get 28 signatures for a minority report for a package of his proposed changes and criticized the Trump-RNC alliance.

"Well, the dynamic changed (Wednesday) when the Trump people threw in with Reince, they flat-out said we're going to follow Reince's lead, so, so much for being anti-establishment," Cuccinelli told CNN.

Nonsense, the establishment did what they knew was best for the party. Donald Trump will work with establishment, but under his terms, not their terms.

41 posted on 07/16/2016 1:49:09 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

“I have no intention of returning to those people who I rely on to keep me in office and telling them I had some part in shredding their votes,” Little said.

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A question mark going into Thursday had been Utah Sen. Mike Lee. He spent the weeks leading up to the convention weighing both sides of the unbinding argument, he said, and insiders had thought he might be able to tip a narrow margin either way with an impassioned speech, given his stature.

Instead, Lee was on the losing side in every contentious fight, including unbinding, despite his vocal support.

“I say to Mr. Trump and those aligned with him, make the case, make the case to those delegates who want to have a voice,” Lee said during Thursday’s session, raising his voice. “Don’t make the case that their voices should be silenced. That’s not going to help, that’s not going to help make him president that’s not going to help our party in the long run.”

Only 10 others joined him and his wife.

Afterwards, Lee was coy about next steps, saying only: “We’ll see,” he told inquisitive reporters.


Seems Mike Lee was the only person of substance to pointlessly fall on his sword in support of Lyin Ted. And the never Trump tantrums cost us any hope of real reform of the RNC. How pathetic is that?


46 posted on 07/16/2016 2:08:51 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Robert DeLong
Donald Trump will work with establishment,
but under his terms, not their terms.

^^ merits repeating.

50 posted on 07/16/2016 2:22:31 PM PDT by Company Man (T R U M P - P E N C E 2 0 1 6)
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