A way out.
If Cruz and Trump can at least agree to this, they will cut out any other candidate coming out of that convention.
It’s brilliant, and it’s to the best interests of either Cruz or Trump.
I thought the GOP Election Committee voted on rules - according to this article the delegates do. If so locking the GOPe out of the process should be a cakewalk.
The rules of the game shouldn’t be allowed to be changed, once the game (primaries) has started. If the lying RNC wanted to play games/change rules....that should’ve happened months ago....before primaries started.
There’s several way of playing this. Trump could hold this out as a bargaining tool. The best Cruz could hope for is VP slot, not President. If Cruz doesn’t agree, Trump will allow GOPe to pick their candidate
This has been obvious from the start.
Cruz will go along because it’s his to steal (or so he’s been told).
Plurality means more than anyone else.
Nice semantics but
But the establishment is backing Cruz
So if he ends up finagling the nomination, the establishment wins with a candidate coopted by their support
It aint gonna happen but if it ever did
Tricky Ted would put Tricky Dick to shame
Presumptuous Headline.
I fail to see how Pat “joins” Trump here. The article clearly contradicts the headline as the point Buchanan is making is that BOTH Trump and Ted must stand for Rule 40.
Or they will BOTH surely fall.
Don't anbody get their hopes up here.
I will support either Cruz or trump if they are the nominee. If the GOPE puts in Kasich, or Ryan or Romney or whoever they can kiss my Mofo ass. I’ll vote libertarian.
I am never going to vote for an establishment republican for president ever again.
Interesting article, but not needed. Once Cruz is knocked out on April 26th, Trump will pick up even more delegates as his momentum continues. Anyone who thinks he won’t make the magic number hasn’t sat down and down the math. DT is the only one with a path.
Cruz Will Be Knocked Out of Delegate Race By April 26 — Even If He Wins WI!
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/04/april-cruzs-last-hurrah/
Yes. Also Trump and Cruz need to stop this mud slinging. Argue the issues and focus your attacks on clinton, otherwise they will hand the election to “The Witch”.
First is Cruz has to get the 8 states... obviously his side not going to go for retaining that rule it unless he does get 8 states...if he does not ....then there as much invested in a free-for-all on the second ballot as the rest of the GOPe is
And the other thing is Cruz maneuvering to put in Trump delegates that are really stealth Cruz delegates.....
the Trump people are not going to be motivated to help Cruz if they feel that it all just a ploy to try and steal the vote from Trump on a second ballot
and again if Cruz has seeded all the other delegations with a bunch of crypto Cruz delegates... then Cruz has no major motivation to keep that rule...he may think why bother already got my secret people in place
problem is Cruz seeding the convention with a bunch of delegates of questionable loyalty....ie Trump delegates that are actually crypto 2nt vote Cruz delegates......
well no honor among Thieves
you might just have Trump delegates that pretended to be crypto 2nt vote Cruz delegates there are actually crypto vote GOPe choice Jeb delegates...
the GOPe been helping Cruz put in place these fake Trump delegates the Cruz think we're going to be loyal to him on the 2nt....
what's the chance that Cruz has been double-crossed and the GOPe is really been putting in their own stealth delegates with Cruz’ unwitting help
I.E. Cruz thinks he's snaking Trump delegates from around the country (with the GOPe help) when in fact that the GOPe snaking both Trump and Cruz by playing Cruz
so there might be a lot of crypto delegates that are going to not vote to keep that rule in place...after all it's to every delegates advantage in there if there are already disloyal to leave their hands-free to vote for the highest bidder
bottom line there's all sorts of Shenanigans and delegates of questionable loyalty that are going to be in that convention.... and that to me at the end of the day means GOPe advantage
Maybe Trump should make a deal with Kasich and change rule 40 to increase the states to 15 and lock Cruz out.
Craft move by Buchanan to give his candidate one last chance.
“placed in nomination” but that does not stop write in candidates.
Sometimes we are our own favorite sinner ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66McxifTN8I&index=10&list=PL441FCFF9C28E4662
I wish people would stop calling them “the establishment”. They are Democrat operatives. There is nothing even remotely Republican about them. This so called “establishment” needs to get kicked the eff out of the party, send them to the treason party where they belong, let Paul Ryan suck Obama toes on their own turf.
TTTT!
They should make a new rule: 15 or 20 states.
Throw down the gauntlet to Cruz that he has win enough.
You cant unite a party if you lose 30 primaries.