The electorate that nominates GOP presidential candidates is much bluer than the ones that nominate other GOP officials, a distinction that is almost impossible to overstate. Look at where the Republican Party lives: Only 11 of 54 GOP senators and 26 of 247 GOP representatives hail from Obama-won locales, but there are 1,247 delegates at stake in Obama-won states, compared with just 1,166 in Romney states.
If voting really meant something it would be illegal
The ‘Astute’ Nate forgets to look at the polls in said blue states, and the same folks lead that lead in red states. Minnesota, Massachusetts, Connecticut as examples.
The author seems to believe that the nation’s Republicans wish to commit mass suicide.
Bottom line, it makes no difference what or who the voters want, its up to the RNC and Demodummies “representatives” who gets the nod.
Rubio's their last stand.
We will not accept a gerrymandered candidate
Perhaps this is tptb combined plan
Nominate a sure loser like jeb or a charming handsome ethnic lightweight like Rubio to get Hillary Clinton elected
Worked with McCain and Romney
We won’t be fooled or complicit again
If this happens
There will not be a Republican Party except as a token
This is why Bush is hanging on (and on and on). He thinks he’s got the fix in on the primary rules.
I think what every one is overlooking is that enough votes can over come all of GOPe “trickery,” as the girls always say. I believe in the american people’s power to change the outcome. Something has awaken and will not be squashed anymore. If the outcomes of yesterdays elections say anything it is “status quo be afraid, be very afraid.”
This is a trial balloon to see if we’ll accept an establishment candidate win even if all polls show Trump in the lead.
I pray the GOPe & media won’t go this far but there is billions at stake with amnesty.
This could be next on the table for Cruz and Trump to fix.
I think this analysis overlooks the fact that cross-over voters and independents in states with open primaries, who have usually backed the RINO, might favor an outsider this time around, probably giving an advantage to Trump and Carson (much to my annoyance as a somewhat reluctant Cruz supporter). Both of them are polling very well among independents and Trump polls well with the union types.
What angers me is that the GOP can, and will, change the rules as they go along to suit their needs. Look at how they changed the rules in the Michigan primary in 2012 AFTER the vote in order to deny Santorum delegates and award them to Romney.
They have already changed the rules in Florida for this cycle.
GOP delegate shenanigans is always a factor, the Romney nod is evident of this. Trump must have yuge numbers early on to counter this.
This is ridiculous. The way it ought to be is weighted — everybody’s primary vote counts toward 1 delegate so everybody gets some representation, but with +1 weight for each GOP federal office (Represenative, Senator, Presidential electors in previous election). That way, the blue-state primary votes would count for one each while red-region votes would count up to five each.
I’ve been saying pretty much this since the process started.
The rules are set so that Bush, whatever his national % will likely get his required-for-consideration majorities in those Democrat state primaries and and the several conservative candidates are each unlikely to get those 8 in the rest. Without 8, which number was selected to screen out the conservatives even if a conservative has the majority of all delegates won so long as he doesn’t have 8 outright majorities. If Bush crashes out then Rubio drops neatly right into the same position. In the extreme the Gope candidate doesn’t have to get a single vote in the primaries in states that are expected to vote or who lean Republican so long as he gets his 8 majorities in the ineffectual states. That also fits Republican strategy to ensure an electoral loss in November. The Republican Party, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party is determined to remain as the “opposition” permanently, or at least until the voting population is increased through immigration and the effective legitimization of Democrat vote fraud to usher in the Permanent Democrat Total State. Then the Republicans expect to be comfortable pensioned off and rewarded with high positions in the new State. The reality attested to in History is that the Republicans will then become the first victims in the Show Trials that will ensue and serve the Democrat Party yet again as object lessons for the population.
The G.O.P.e. maintains open primaries so that Liberal Democrats can cross over to vote for their preferred leftist RINOs.
Blah, blah, blah. This country would be better off firing 98% of all journalists. There’s a big difference between journalists and reporters. Too bad we don’t have any of the later.
I’m a hugh Ted Cruz fan but here lately I’m beginning to wonder if we don’t need both men. Trump will not play 2nd fiddle to anyone. If it looked like he would lose I think he would just drop out. He’d never accept VP under anyone. So, going forward I really think we should be pushing for a Trump/Cruz ticket. Trump would benefit from Cruz (during his administration) far more than with any other candidate running. If some miracle happened and Cruz wins the nomination I have no idea who he would pick as a VP. So going forward I think that is our strongest ticket. It would get the libertarians and even some Dem voters for Trump and the conservative evangelical votes for Cruz. What do you all think?
I was/am hoping Bush would not drop out until after the FL primary as he might tend to take vote from Rubio and thus allow a win by Trump or Cruz.