An attitude perfectly aligned with the GOPe.
Once I was a delegate at the state level but never at the National level because of the expense. My point, many misinformed Freepers think the GOPe is going to place a Romney or Ryan on the ticket. That won't happen because delegates are there own people and will not go through time and EXPENSE to have party bosses tell them what to do.
Good report. Thanks for your observations and good analysis
Question, do you think that these people will violate the law and vote for Cruz?
If you become unbound will you still vote for Trump even though you are a Cruz guy?
Some of the Cruz people said they planned to vote for Cruz only. That’s the difference between Cruz and Trump people. I couldn’t vote for Cruz, but then if Cruz had won the state, I wouldn’t sign up to be a delegate to take someone else’s place, who could vote for either Cruz or Trump. I wouldn’t be stacking the deck.
And Trumpers are the cultists? LOL.
I think what is happening here is Cruz has done a good job recruiting the fake grassroots voters. The GOP party hobbyists who attend party functions. It’s natural that the real grassroots anti-establishment Trump voters are less interested in GOP party machinery.
Thank you for reporting honestly about how Trump is not organizing any effort on these delegate selection matters. That Cruz has matters organized and Trump does not is not evidence of cheating or stealing.
You do realize that if there is no majority winner on the first ballot, that the delegates keep voting until there is a winner?
And that in this case some of the delegates will have to change votes, or else they will have ballots until infinity?
Thank you for participating in the process and letting us know how it went. I have been a poll watcher and a delegate to the Texas GOP convention. It takes more effort than just showing up to vote on election day, but the experience is very rewarding and better informs as to how the system works.
I'm not a fan of Trump, but I still want to thank you for getting involved and going to your district meeting. It should serve as a reminder for a lot of people that if you want to change the direction of the party, you have to get more involved than just showing up at primaries. You have to at least become familiar with who your local party representatives are so you can vote for them in the primary.
When I voted in my state's primary, there were various "Republican Party Committeemen" on the ballot. I had no idea who any of them were, or what they even did. Can't remember if I even voted for one. And I know nothing about the delegates who represent my party district (if that's what it is called) in Ohio.
Reagan was successful in large part because his failed 1976 candidacy led a lot more conservatives to get involved in local government and party business for 1980. He still wasn't the "establishment" choice in 1980, but it did mean that he had an organization and cadre of support to not only get elected, but to create future conservative candidates for office to continue his revolution.
So again, thanks for caring enough to do what so many of the rest of us don't. That's my fault.
Might this be an unintended consequence of having a self funding candidate? Cruz folks have been supporting Ted with lots of small personal donations. Although Trump has quietly accepted the same his campaign has mostly been run, as claimed, on Trump's dollars and on his talent for gathering free media coverage. So many Trump voters have hopped on a free ride for the Trump party. And now they want Trump to fund their participation in the process. Like Bernie's free college snowflakes. Would that even be legal, I don't know? Now this certainly doesn't apply to all Trump voters, but it appears to apply to enough of them to be causing problems.
thank you for attending and seeking a role as a delegate...and I say that truly as a Cruz supporter and someone who despises Trump. Truly, thank you.
I would like to take exception to one thing you said, or at least ask for more explanation. You said, “The attitude of some of the Cruz supporters is to steal the election from the people...” It would appear that this may be projection on your part. “Steal” implies dishonesty and a deliberate intent to circumvent the established process. However, everything you cite shows examples of exactly following the process. How is this stealing? Someone having a personal view of being glad that the Trump campaign failed to organize and finish the job he started does not constitute “stealing”. Unless theres more that you didn’t included in your report.
Again, thank you.
I voted for Rubio when the election came through my state and still think he would be the best candidate against Hillary, so I don’t have a dog in this fight any longer.
However, I am convinced that if Cruz goes against Hillary he will have a well thought out and organized plan of attack against Hillary and he will organize and execute it better than any Republican candidate in a while.
If Trump is the nominee I expect no such plan or effort. I expect he will flail around from place to place without any plan and will chase every rabbit that the Clinton campaign throws in front of him. It will be fun to watch, but will end in an amazing defeat.
That pretty much sums it up, and that's why I'm (---) this close to being a #NeverCruzer.
Just saw this.
Is this even legal?????
“3m3 minutes ago
Stephen Bennett; @ScreedofChucky
Just got an email from #LyinTed that I can become a ‘Deputy Delegate’ w donation of $35 or more. Uhhh no thanks #NeverCruz. Not now not ever”
All the GOP delegates in my county were Cruz supporters.
In the beginning they were? Were any of the voters in the county Trump supporters? It sounds as though the party professionals at the lowest level are already organzied and know how to work the delegate system and it's almost hopeless for newbies who support an outsider to ever win. EVEN if the outsider candidate actually gets more VOTES. Am I wrong?