That's rich.
Somebody needs to loosen the waistband of Ross' panties. They're in such a tight bunch that they're cutting off oxygen to his brain.
Ross Douchehat is the guy who sent out a tweet suggesting that Trump be assassinated.
The GOPe seems concerned that Trump could win. They would prefer Hillary because then it would be business as usual.
And the Party is made up of millions of Voters, not the DC Pundit class.
The five stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are a part of the framework that makes up our learning to live with the one we lost. They are tools to help us frame and identify what we may be feeling. But they are not stops on some linear timeline in grief.
This “Brokered Convention” nonsense is the bargaining stage.
a politician’s loyalty to the political party over the constitution and the people is treason against their oath of office and they do not deserve to be in any position as a public representative
A political party is not much of a party if a majority of the members walk out.
that would weaken or crush the party’s general election chances
How to run a 3rd party candidacy?
1. Actually try to win. That means a presence in all 50 states, at least the states that you have even the slightest prayer of winning in, and definitely any state that is part of your pathway to victory.
2. You must take a majority of electors yourself, OR prevent any other candidate from getting a majority.
3. If you have a majority, then you are the POTUS.
4. If you do not, then it goes to the House for the Potus. In the house each state delegation gets one vote as determined by the vote of the members of that state.
5. You must get 50%+1 of the state votes. The 3rd party candidate will probably lose. The republicans will probably win, but it is possible to form coalitions with various states to win, but I can’t imagine what the deals would be.
6. In short, either Trump would win or the Republicans would win the presidency.
7. Oddly, he wouldn’t necessarily get his VP, because that goes to the Senate, iirc.
Trump will go 3rd party if these vermin steal the nomination from him.
Horse apples!
“transparently unfit for office”, he’s talking about OBASTARD, right?
If they do deny Trump, they will have denied and violated We, the People.
As near as I can make out, the argument goes on something like this: Trump promises to do things once in office. This means he’s an authoritarian. This means he’s Hitler.
If that happens the party is gone
Let me put forth a modest proposal
Do away with primaries or make them an unbinding “beauty contest”. Each party can select convention delegates as they see fit, and the convention selects the nominee.
Upside: No two year election campaigns, no media circus debates and such, flexibility in the final choice about three months out.
Not “democratic” enough for “we the people”?
Get involved at the local level.
I am VERY dismayed at how electoral politics has become like the NFL
The “party” elite want to be the indisputable anointer of their candidate. There are several ways to try to accomplish that goal. First, torpedo Trump with vote splitting among Cruz, Kasich and Rubio, then hijacking the convention, then refusing to fund his campaign against the Dem candidate, and,finally, if he actually does get elected, then making sure he can’t accomplish anything as a president unless he dances to their tune. Short-term or long-term, the party elite will do whatever is necessary to protect their hegemony in Washington.
I have always voted Republican but I would be very open to a third party if any of this comes about to thwart the will of the voters.
If Donald Trump wins the Republican nomination, all Hillary will have to do to win the presidency is declare that if Trump becomes president he will very likely deport immigrants.
That will energize every immigrant, particularly the large number of Hispanics in the Republican must-win states of Florida and Texas, to overwhelm the polling sites in November.
Such an outpouring of Democratic voters throughout the country will also be a great boost for Democratic Congressmen, governors, and other elected officials in their efforts to drive Republicans out of office and take over Congress and the states.
Donald Trump: Making America Great Again by Destroying the Republican Party.