[Marcella]

John Sununu was the rules chairman and he's glued to Romney's side and Ginsberg was with him and he is Romney's lawyer. This was absolutely intentional by Romney and the national chairman and Boehner illegally rule the ayes had it.

Also, the rules say that if a delegate asks for a role call vote after the original vote, one must be taken. In both votes taken, those delegates calling for a role call vote, were ignored by the national chairman and Boehner and they would not take a role call vote - they knew they would fail getting a yea majority vote.

One cannot put a rose on what happened - it was thorns to the Tea Party and other conservatives.

In addition, every single speech given had to be approved by Romney people, and the two words, Tea Party, were taken out wherever they appeared. No speech giver was allowed to say those words.

Palin was offered a ten minute speech but she had to let the Romney people approve her speech, so she turned it down.

[Lazamataz]

I'm hearing rumblings that all is not well in the GOP as regards this rule.

The rumblings appear to be in Mitt's camp.

Stay tuned.

[section9]

Spot on, although one of the things I think you sell short is the influence of the Bush Family Mafia. None of this could have been done without the presence of Rove’s people in the Romney apparatus, for instance, Ed Gillespie.

Best,

Chris