[Servant of the Cross]

Wouldn't these same 'proportionality' rule changes also mean that no other candidate would be the nominee either and that it would go to the GOP Convention to decide the nomination of the candidate?

And clearly, if it goes that far and the gOpE attempt to control the results is obvious, a breakaway Third Party bid is all but certain.

[Teacher317]

Exactly.

[Helicondelta]

Most states in the northeast are winner takes all. Trump will win all the delegates he needs.

[Dana1960]

As I said yesterday, the magic number is 8. Keep that in mind.

The GOP bylaws state that the individual must have won EIGHT states outright in order to be the nominee. This means that the 2,4, 6 & 11 percenters cannot combine their delegates to pledge to someone, unless that person has already won 8 states outright. I believe this set of rules was put in place to help Jeb, in case he faced a revolt of conservatives.

The only person I know who has done the work of detailing all the rule changes and who they were enacted to benefit (Jeb) is Sundance over at Conservative Treehouse.

When you have a ton of time to kill, here are the posts, as of this moment:

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/12/09/tripwire-alert-gope-signals-intent-to-use-mississippi-strategy-against-trump-after-trumps-primary-victory/

I recommend a bottle of Maalox or a stiff drink while reading.