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RNC spokesman: The party will rally around Trump if he’s the nominee “100 percent”
Hotair ^ | 03/18/2016 | AllahPundit

Posted on 03/18/2016 9:29:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve said for weeks not that Cruz is not playing to win outright and that’s clear. Otherwise he should have actively been attacking Rubio and Kasich to ensure that Trump wins both. At this point, It’s Trump or Convention, not Trump or Cruz


21 posted on 03/18/2016 9:38:42 AM PDT by wiseprince
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To: Diogenesis

I’ll also ignore my reservation and vote for Trump.
My wife (Hispanic) and my kids (one liberal and one conservative) are all Trump supporters. Go figure.


22 posted on 03/18/2016 9:39:01 AM PDT by conejo99
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To: SeekAndFind

Too bad RNC speaks for less than 15%.


23 posted on 03/18/2016 9:39:31 AM PDT by Theophilus (Always vote. Always vote your conscience. God wins every election.)
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To: MNJohnnie

Zero. Unlike dogmatic screaming heads in the punditry, they are not interested in these mindless daily hysterics about “Conservative Purity”. Their job is electing as many GOP candidate to office as possible


Exactamundo. Going to be a rough November down ticket for the GOP if they insist on a civil war with the top of ticket.


24 posted on 03/18/2016 9:39:52 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: 94Revolution

Well when you Cruz people spent month making “Guilt By Association” attacks at Trump, you should expect the same thing to happen when your guy starts hiring Bush people to run his campaign.


25 posted on 03/18/2016 9:41:01 AM PDT by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: SeekAndFind

It boils down to this:

Does the GOP want to have the House, Senate and White House, or are they willing to lost the White House and very likely the Senate to the Dems?

If they are willing to give the wins to the Dems, they will also likely lose the House in 2018, thus giving President Hillary the Senate and the House. Think what kind of hell that will loose on the Nation. Remember Obama’s first 2 years and multiply that by a factor of infinity — regulations and Supreme appointements and other judicial appointments and massive new and revised laws.


26 posted on 03/18/2016 9:41:56 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: MNJohnnie

Can charges be brought against specific media outlets for inciting hatred and protests?

I think the Trump Team should make commercials MOCKING the media’s 24/7 assault of lies.

“Alinsky” them right back!


27 posted on 03/18/2016 9:43:37 AM PDT by Right-wing Librarian (We are Trump. WE are Trump. WE ARE TRUMP!)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

“IF he is the nominee” <— Operative words.

suddenly I realize the real meaning of that FoxNew debate pledge to support the “GOP nominee whoever it may be...”


28 posted on 03/18/2016 9:51:55 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They still can’t see the writing on the wall. I believe Trump will win and his percentages will keep rising. These numbers crunchers don’t seem to understand the concept of momentum (which Cruz does NOT have).


29 posted on 03/18/2016 9:53:06 AM PDT by No Dems 2016
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Yep, total head fake.


30 posted on 03/18/2016 9:53:13 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

That’s a big IF.


31 posted on 03/18/2016 9:53:50 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Cruz voters: Wake up! Trump is our only chance of stopping the gopE. If not now, never!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“That is, unless Kasich quits sometime soon and makes this a two-man race. RCP’s Sean Trende ran some numbers to try to gauge just how badly Kasich’s continued presence in the race will hurt Cruz. Answer: Badly.”

That is the money shot right there. We all know Kasich is hurting Cruz a lot more than Trump.


32 posted on 03/18/2016 9:55:18 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: SeekAndFind

“Take me in, tender woman
Take me in, for heaven’s sake
Take me in, tender woman,” sighed the snake
“I saved you,” cried the woman
“And you’ve bitten me, but why?
You know your bite is poisonous and now I’m going to die”
“Oh shut up, silly woman,” said the reptile with a grin
“You knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in


33 posted on 03/18/2016 9:57:27 AM PDT by McGruff (Just another "Low Information Voter" for Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

The big question is who is best, Trump or Hillary, and the answer is obvious.

Assuming Trump accumulates the required number of votes to put him over the finish line, there are many of us who recoil in distaste at his behavior but who will nevertheless vote (even work) for him.

That’s because we are loyal Americans, and most of us know that all candidates and Presidents have feet of clay. They are all flawed.

Assuming we can get him elected, the trouble will begin when he shows his true colors (which are still far superior to Hillary), and we have to rise together to keep him in check.

I would argue that with such horrid Presidential choices this year, the bigger issues are retaining the Senate and power to appoint to SCOTUS.


34 posted on 03/18/2016 10:00:41 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: SeekAndFind

For them Its like being forced to sit next to a man who just sh## himself.


35 posted on 03/18/2016 10:02:22 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: jersey117

Funny how all the rules - excepting one - seem to be subject to change at the convention. That rule, of course, is the 1,237 delegate requirement.

If majority rule is such a bedrock principle to the RNC, why does it in essence disappear after the first round when many delegates no longer have to vote for who the voting public selected?

Change the rule to say that if no candidate gets 1,237 votes in the first round, unbound delegates (but not bound ones) will be allowed to reconsider their first round votes. The House and Senate do it every day. Call it Round 1(a) if need be to keep bound delegates bound.

The furthest thing from majority rule comes from past tales of released delegates being bribed to support another candidate. If that is allowed (and has been wildly celebrated by media idiots of late) what would be wrong with setting a threshold of, say, 45%, for the above rule to kick in? Or maybe releasing only delegates who voted for a candidate coming in below #2 in the 1st Round for a revote?

The whole thing is a charade anyway - while most delegates are legally bound, nobody on the rules committee is bound to any particular position. Anything more democratic than the existing 2nd Round free-for-all would improve adherence to majority rule.

Ben Franklin said the idea of taxation is to pluck the most feathers from the bird and get the least squawking. Well, this process is designed to give the best image of democracy in action while giving up the least power.


36 posted on 03/18/2016 10:04:25 AM PDT by FirstFlaBn
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To: WENDLE

Common misconception these days. The will of the people is not truly exercised until November. That must not be denied.

Until August, the will of however many, however strange, however errant political parties is up to those political parties.

That’s where we are in the process right now.

Those who have climbed their way to the party leadership have the power to run the party apparatus and manipulate its final ticket. Voters, like shareholders in a corporation, get some input, but the corporate leadership will eventually do what it wants.

Like it or not, that’s what goes on in both parties. All this primary/caucus stuff is just testing the waters, seeing which candidates are palatable to the public.

Unfortunately, this year, both parties are ending up with frightening results. The public is angry, and we humans often think irrationally when enraged. Thus Trump and Bernie. Hillary is a flawed product of party inbreeding.

So that’s how it is. Again, the will of the people rules in November. The will of the parties is in force until then.


37 posted on 03/18/2016 10:12:31 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: El Cid

Will Glen Beck be there?


38 posted on 03/18/2016 10:13:18 AM PDT by stratboy
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To: Jedidah

Then stop this charade. Let’s just do oligarchy.


39 posted on 03/18/2016 10:16:37 AM PDT by WENDLE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgIhGgrhQeE)
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To: SeekAndFind

weasel words.. from weasels in 3 piece suits.


40 posted on 03/18/2016 10:18:07 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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