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To: 5thGenTexan

He can’t figure out that complicated delegate process, he asks how dead people are doing, and I am told if we don’t elect him the country is over.

I think I will risk voting for someone that, well, is maybe a little more with it, if you know what I’m saying.


11 posted on 04/13/2016 8:43:47 PM PDT by Iowa David (Cruz 2016 - Before it's too late)
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To: Iowa David; Hoodat; Jane Long
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_28700919/colorado-republicans-cancel-2016-presidential-caucus-vote

This article is dated AUGUST 25, 2015, not even a year ago. This also proves that the GOPe, seeing Trump's success purposely went this rate to hurt the outsiders. See the bold red highlighting below.

Colorado will not vote for a Republican candidate for president at its 2016 caucus after party leaders approved a little-noticed shift that may diminish the state's clout in the most open nomination contest in the modern era.

The GOP executive committee has voted to cancel the traditional presidential preference poll after the national party changed its rules to require a state's delegates to support the candidate who wins the caucus vote.

The move makes Colorado the only state so far to forfeit a role in the early nomination process, according to political experts, but other caucus states are still considering how to adapt to the new rule.

“It takes Colorado completely off the map” in the primary season, said Ryan Call, a former state GOP chairman.

Republicans still will hold precinct caucus meetings in early 2016 to begin the process of selecting delegates for the national convention — but the 37 delegates are not pledged to any specific candidate.

For Republicans, no declared winner means the caucus will lack much of its hype. The presidential campaigns still may try to win delegate slots for their supporters, but experts say the move makes it less likely that candidates will visit Colorado to court voters.

The Colorado system often favors anti-establishment candidates who draw a dedicated following among activists — as evidenced by Rick Santorum’s victory in 2012 caucus. So the party's move may hurt GOP contenders such as Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Rand Paul, who would have received a boost if they won the state.

127 posted on 04/13/2016 10:15:56 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEAL out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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