Posted on 12/10/2015 1:28:12 PM PST by Amntn
Republican officials and leading figures in the party's establishment are now preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as Donald Trump continues sit atop the polls and the presidential race.
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They're brokering fraud. Btw, have you ever seen how these Iowa caucuses work? It's freaking bizarre, all these unknown and no doubt hand picked insiders run around choosing their little committees and then sit around and each one gives speeches about why they think their guy is best. It's a bunch of BS.
America has seen what Bushes do. They want someone else, and we know the damage more Clintoons will do to Americans.
They aren’t dumb. They are traitorous Ba$tard$.
They don’t care if the winner is GOPe or Hillary. They still keep the money rolling in.
Bring it on!
Trump will have all the delegates?
I have serious concerns over Nevada. I do not believe that Romney won the state over Ron Paul, however, the Republican Party decided Romney won. Both my Congressman and my Senator came out early this year in support of Bush. Anyway, I hate caucuses and believe they are full of fraud.
Nevada’s process -
Although the news media reports the results of the straw poll, and assigns delegates proportionally based on it, in Nevada it is the county conventions and the state convention which determine who actually goes to the Republican National Convention. Thus, all delegates are unbound until the state convention in April, although they generally will represent the preferences expressed by fellow Republicans in the straw poll.[6]
Unless Cruz or Trump is at the top of the GOP ticket, a Demonicrat will win.
If the GOPe pulls this chit, Trump will run as a third party or as an independent.
Vote for him. I know I would in this scenario. He’s probably the only candidate in American history who could win as a third party candidate.
It amazes me how hard it is for people - GOP voters included - to understand this, but you are 100% correct!
I doubt the ballot closes in most states by August in a General election year.
If Trump could prove he was cheated out of his nomination, the sore loser laws might not apply.
If he wins 80% of the primaries and still doesn’t have enough delegates locked up, it would certainly toss the Republican process into question.
He could probably challenge the sore loser laws.
It's for our own good....
Did Santorum or Huckabee have around $100 million in the bank to use to follow-through on their Iowa victories? Cruz does.
Yes, caucuses are totally BS, I think ripe with fraud and should be outlawed.
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I too had never considered going “Third Partyâ€, because I actually don’t think the Country can survive Hillary, after enduring Hussein, but if the GOP-e tries to force THEIR BOY, whether Yeb or someone similar, down our throats, I doubt that their candidate will win anyway, so I’d go “Third Partyâ€.
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Bingo! My days of listening to the “we need to hold our noses and vote for the lesser of two evils” crowd are OVER!
How are Cruz’ numbers in NH? SC? 3rd or 4th place? I thought so. Ted is great, but he cannot beat the machine, and won’t rally the voters in the general like Trump.
Winning Iowa will change many voters perception of him, as it always does.
In 1952 Bob Taft had the most Republican delegates but General Eisenhower’s Establishment supporters put money in the right pockets for caucus and convention meetings-there were fewer primaries back then where the voters had any say.
They also alleged ‘unfairness’ towards Eisenhower and somehow got the “Rules Committee” of the convention to amend the rules leading to Eisenhower beating Taft.
If Trump manages to collect 1305 delegates during the primaries, there will not be a brokered convention.
A brokered convention would exist only if none of the candidates accumulated 1305 delegates by the time of the convention.
If the current polling is a real indicator, Trump could likely have 1305 by mid-March.
Most of the southern states now have their primaries in early March, making them very influential. In previous years those primaries were late in spring, making them relatively uneventful, as the nominee was usually determined weeks earlier.
I don’t expect a Cruz win in NH. Cruz needs Iowa, then SC, then the southern states and TX on March 1st.
That sets up for Florida on March 15th and so on down the line into the tougher lineup of more liberal Republican states including some like mine (PA) where the Establishment has the rules set up so they control the delegates regardless of the popular vote in the primary.
Of course. They’re on the same uniparty team.
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