I have said these same words a million times today. Now maybe because some Washington Post writer says it maybe it will be believed
The idea that delegates on the convention floor — people who are, by and large, quite conservative and are accurately described as the base of the party — would throw over not only the top delegate getter (Trump) but also the person who got the second most delegates (Cruz) is decidedly implausible given what we know about the state of the GOP today.
Being a slave to the state is unacceptable to me. I don’t care if they are ‘RATs or GOPe.
Implausible, maybe. But it looks like they’re trying anyways.
‘people who are, by and large, quite conservative
Ah, conservative.
Conservative like Cruz, who tweeted his support of mass legalization?
Conservative like the Freedom Caucus, that gave Paul Ryan a supermajority of support to replace Boehner?
Conservative like CPAC, that gave Paul Ryan a standing ovation?
Right. We can really trust those conservatives; they never let us down.
I hope you are right about that. Those of us who are not active in a local party probably harbor boogieman-like fears that some powerful “they” will steal the nomination and ignore the primary vote totals on some technicality. But I think the delegates who actually attend and vote are good patriotic folks just like us, and not part of some conspiracy of insiders and elites hellbent to maintain power and control.
But it’s not though. They care about themselves, not some larger American success.
The delegates are there because of party favoritism and patronage. Their allegiance is to whoever granted them a position. That it is a convention of some high minded conservative thinkers is wishful thinking, but not realistic. These people will go with whoever gives them the biggest bribe.
Who are the delegates? How are they selected?
In most states, the delegates are appointed by the party bosses, which means they will vote how the party establishment tells them to vote, if they want any future in the party.
Even more implausable is party unity if the front runner’s own delegates go AWOL against the will of the voter.