GOP delegate rules favor RINOs over Cruz, Carson, and Trump (9/11, votes)
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Um, show proof that it isn't true if you doubt claim.
Trump is the only candidate now that fills venues with 10s of 1000s. All the rest can barely manage a few hundred. And don't bother mentioning Bernie Sanders. Barely anyone shows up to see him now that they know the DNC Super Delegates will insure that he won't be nominated.
Um, show proof that it isn't true if you doubt claim.
Trump is the only candidate now that fills venues with 10s of 1000s. All the rest can barely manage a few hundred. And don't bother mentioning Bernie Sanders. Barely anyone shows up to see him now that they know the DNC Super Delegates will insure that he won't be nominated.
This. The electricity in the room when I saw him in Springfield was amazing. True American patriots in support of their future president!!
Um, show proof that it isn't true if you doubt claim.
Trump is the only candidate now that fills venues with 10s of 1000s. All the rest can barely manage a few hundred. And don't bother mentioning Bernie Sanders. Barely anyone shows up to see him now that they know the DNC Super Delegates will insure that he won't be nominated.
Trump hit upon the crazies in each state. I'll bring up Sanders because you'd clearly expect a red state like Arizona with as many old Republican voters to goto a Trump rally because he speaks of fixing immigration (a precievedd problem in Arizona.) Surprisingly Sanders TRIPPLED Trump's attendance.
So much for power to the people. The people don't elect our political leaders, despite the elaborate smoke and mirrors of the election process. Trump won't get the nom- Rubio will. Jeb was supposed to, but was too obvious a flunky. (I personally don't dislike Jeb, but he's no president.) Nobody was buying him. Be prepared for a dramatic "rise" in polling and media attention to Rubio in the next couple months.
Just like Hilary. Even very hard leftists seem to distrust and dislike her, but she's the chosen one. Poor Bernie doesn't stand a chance (which is ultimately a good thing in my opinion, but not fair). Our leaders bought and sold, same old, same old. Either one (Clinton or Rubio) could win, and not disrupt the establishment.
The first time I heard this type of logic concerning delegate selection was from the Clinton campaign in 2008 when they complained about the unfairness of Obama running a 50 (or 57 ) state campaign because Obama was winning delegates from states that would not vote for the Democratic party candidate in November.
Although I can sympathize with part of the logic, I think its main weakness is that it starts to make some party members more equal than others. I think that is a dangerous path for either party. Ultimately, I think it would hinder growth in support for the party from those areas that don't currently support the party.
If the goal is to win a national election then I think candidates most have some appeal nationally. From my viewpoint the problem with the last 2 Republican candidates is the may have been moderates, but in the national election they ran to the right. Perhaps they felt they needed to to solidify their base, but in my opinion it lost them to much support from those in the middle, or the those in the purple states. Which I think would be the outcome also if the parties start to favor delegates from states in which they are the strongest.
If Trump wins that, he will be the nominee that beats King Hillary. If the GOP is stupid enough to pull down boss favors and nominates someone else who doesn't win SC, well.... then they will lose to King Hillary.
Did I say it enough
South Carolina
If Trump doesn't win SC. He will disappear from the political scene.
Last edited by WaldoKitty; 11-16-2015 at 10:00 AM..
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