Wow, guess he’s not so anti-establishment after all.
Er.
Well I have a problem with it.
And I also have a problem with anyone who doesn’t have a problem with it.
Sounds like last chance desperation. Not going to happen. Trump will have it locked up.
Of course you would be Ted. It’s the only way you and the GOPe can win.
Maple Leaf Ted has complete taken the ‘conservative outsider’ mask off. Are there any FReepers still believing his crap?
So is Romney.
So is Rubio.
So is Kasich.
So is any of the wannabes who can’t ‘earn’ their way with delegates.
Cruz hasn’t gone anywhere, he was always there. He simply took the mask off and dropped his rebel act.
There’s a difference between a “contested convention” and a “brokered convention”. The latter is full on GOPe meddling - the former is pretty much normal.
Cruz was always Full Establishent. It took some judicious digging a few months ago to see it. By now there is no excuse for not knowing.
Levin will somehow defend him.
Wasn’t he just saying the other day that there should not be a contested convention? Then again, this is a man who say or do anything to get elected.
Romney/Cruz 2016!
In other words, if neither he nor Trump win outright, he is okay with having it play out in accordance with the longstanding rules. So am I.
I'd prefer it, at this point, if Trump just got the delegates he needed so it wouldn't come to that. But if he does and THEN they do a brokered convention anyway and Cruz supports it, the GOP and he are both dead to me.
Wasn’t he against a contested convention before and now he’s for it?
So I guess with Neil Bush joining him and Lindsey, McConnell, Ryan and media swearing their hatred of Trump at all costs and the recent initiation meeting of the secret cabal he has been inducted in to the organization?
Just Ducky.... quelle surprise.
I'm sure one of them will though. What does everyone else together have, like 10, and unlikely to get more? I seriously doubt Trump and Cruz show up at convention time tied within that margin, meaning one of them would have the critical mass.
Lets face it Teddy was never as severely conservative as he tried to tell us. Look how quickly and seamlessly he has embraced the GOPe. Now the TPA and Corker Bill votes don’t seem so strange.
If neither candidate has the 1,237 delegates necessary to win, how do they determine who the candidate will be? Cruz is simply stating the obvious. I suppose it would be acceptable to you if Cruz, after battling Trump to a draw, just gave in and quit. That’s not how it works. I don’t think we’ll get there, especially if Trump wins Fl. and OH, but this is how the nomination get’s resolved if no one wins outright.
before the Trumpsters start screaming about him being establishment. A contested convention is a lot different than a brokered convention. This is the last thing the GOPe wants if none of the candidates win the number of delegates required for the nomination.
I agree with Cruz.
I think the rules need to be stuck by as they are before the campaign.
Changing the rules after the fact and not going to a contested convention if someone does not get the required delegates would be wrong.