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Vanity - If Trump or Cruz could not be the nominee, who would you pick?
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Posted on 03/31/2016 7:10:08 AM PDT by mrs9x

I have been having this discussion with some friends of mine who are in the Trump or Cruz camps, and people have come up with interesting ideas. Here is the question:

If the GOP race goes to a contested convention, and Trump and Cruz cannot be the nominee, who WOULD you support to be the nominee? In other words, who is your second best choice if Trump or Cruz cannot be the nominee?


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To: mrs9x

Staying home that day with a resolution to not turn on the News for a month.


41 posted on 03/31/2016 7:21:06 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
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To: mrs9x

the GOPelites dream ticket
Jeb/Kasich


42 posted on 03/31/2016 7:21:22 AM PDT by JohnLongIsland
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To: mrs9x

A vote for Cruz will be GOPe business as usual...

A vote for kasich will be GOPe business as usual...

A vote for Hillary will be the end of the USA as we know it...

A vote for Bernie will be utter stupidity....


43 posted on 03/31/2016 7:21:29 AM PDT by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: mrs9x

ME!!!!!


44 posted on 03/31/2016 7:21:36 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: mrs9x

Without Trump or Cruz on the ticket, we’d be left with status quo, so what difference would it make?


45 posted on 03/31/2016 7:22:10 AM PDT by KittenClaws ( Normalcy Bias. Do you have it?)
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To: mrs9x

Bernie Sanders...that way our collapse comes even faster and it will serve as a warning to future generations...


46 posted on 03/31/2016 7:22:13 AM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: mrs9x

There is no way it will not be one of those two people. You’d have to get the majority of delegates pledged to both camps to agree to ditch their candidate. Since they wouldn’t be bound to their delegate in such a vote, and in some states the candidates have little say in the delegate selection process, you could conceivably get quite a few... but a majority? Not happening.

Pure fantasy? Mark Levin or Kevin Cuccinelli.
Electability factored in? Mike Lee.
Electability minus the need for a resume? Michelle Malkin. (IOW, she’s not electable because she hasn’t had requisite experience.) Or Prof. George George, mentor to the greats.
Of those that I’ve seen enough in national-campaign mode to make an informed decision (i.e., other candidates)? Scott Walker.


47 posted on 03/31/2016 7:22:33 AM PDT by dangus
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To: mrs9x

Allen West.


48 posted on 03/31/2016 7:22:41 AM PDT by John Valentine ( Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: John Valentine

I also could go with Greg Abbot or Ben Sasse.


49 posted on 03/31/2016 7:23:59 AM PDT by John Valentine ( Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: showme_the_Glory

“’The nominee will be Paul Ryan.’

The president will be Hillary Cli[n]ton.”

Correction: it will be Joe Biden.

Clinton is going down.


50 posted on 03/31/2016 7:24:17 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: mrs9x

I’ll vote straight democrat ticket — to inflict max damage.


51 posted on 03/31/2016 7:24:53 AM PDT by mvonfr
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George Washington. Hell, we all know the selected candidate from a brokered convention will get wiped out in the general election. Might as well have a little fun with our pick.


52 posted on 03/31/2016 7:26:31 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Jewbacca

I could get behind Mike Lee, a solid conservative.


53 posted on 03/31/2016 7:26:45 AM PDT by mrs9x
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To: mrs9x

1)Sarah Palin
2)Michelle Bachmann
3)Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)


54 posted on 03/31/2016 7:26:55 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: G Larry

How could I forget John Bolton??

Right - high on the list.


55 posted on 03/31/2016 7:27:47 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: mrs9x

Bobby Jindhal comes to mind.

Or we could draft another American Indian, Dinesh D’Souza.


56 posted on 03/31/2016 7:27:50 AM PDT by ChessExpert (The unemployment rate was 4.5% when Democrats took Congress in 2006.)
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To: mrs9x

There is no alternative.

By Robert’s Rules of Order, the names of the current contenders (The Donald, Ted Cruz, John Kasich) are entered into nomination by ballot in the various States prior to the Convention. Other nominations may be offered from the floor, or by the Chair. After the first ballot, the top contenders are STILL nominated, but any party so nominated may then choose to withdraw their name from nomination. The pledged delegates may then vote on any of the names remaining in contention.

Actually, there should still be a threshold for runoff selection, say 30% or more of delegate votes in the first ballot, after which the delegates may vote at will for any other choice remaining. Or perhaps the top two in the first ballot, for a simple majority.

Without the rules of order, the convention becomes a farce and serves no useful purpose.


57 posted on 03/31/2016 7:28:43 AM PDT by alloysteel (If I considered the consequences of my actions, I would rarely do anything.)
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To: mrs9x

Third party.


58 posted on 03/31/2016 7:28:52 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: FreeAtlanta

Two out of those five don’t belong there. Not by a long shot.


59 posted on 03/31/2016 7:29:04 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: John Valentine

Agree. I like Trump 1, Cruz 2, but if the GOPe said, “hey, what about an Abbott/West ticket,” that would look very tempting.


60 posted on 03/31/2016 7:29:12 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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