Are Republicans Working on a Contested Convention? (John Kerry, voters, Reagan)

[howard555]

With Cruz winning Kansas and maybe Maine, if Rubio wins Florida and Kasich wins Ohio......

How can a brokered convention be avoided.
How can the math of the rest of the states get someone to 1237.

[beb0p]

Originally Posted by howard555

How can a brokered convention be avoided.
How can the math of the rest of the states get someone to 1237.

For a brokered convention to be avoided, either Cruz or Rubio needs to drop out of the race. After today's result it looks like Rubio has the weaker case of staying in the race.
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[howard555]

Originally Posted by beb0p

For a brokered convention to be avoided, either Cruz or Rubio needs to drop out of the race. After today's result it looks like Rubio has the weaker case of staying in the race.
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Our opinion is that Cruz who has won 4-5 states will not drop out. Maybe the Romney-ites can convince Rubio to drop out. If Rubio refuses and happens to win Florida then prepare for war in Cleveland.

[dexter75]

We are already headed to a brokered convention, check out rule 40. A candidate needs to get the MAJORITY of votes in 8 states. Trump has only done that once so far and Cruz is about to tie him if this big lead in KS holds.Then there is the fact that the rule expires a day before the convention, which allows them to re-visit the rule at the convention and move the threshold to any number of states they want. Trump won't win either way.

[howard555]

At the recent Democratic debate, Clinton said that Trump had received about 3.5 million votes already.

Pretty good she said. Then she said that "only one candidate has more than that and it's me."

[Seacove]

I’m sorry, sir. Steal? That is ridiculous. It does not matter if Donald Drumpf has a plurality of the delegates when the convention starts. Donald Drumpf needs 1,237 as I already stated. That is how this process works. Otherwise, the GOP would have written up the rules to state any candidate with a plurality of the delegates shall become the nominee.

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[pknopp]

I have no clue who this guy is and I bet outside of his family no one else does either other than the "party elites" which is how your article describes him.

[WaldoKitty]

First he was against it, then for it again. Maybe Cruz attended John Kerry school of flip flopping.

On Feb 29, the day before Super Tuesday Cruz was against brokered conventions. Said they were bad.

"A contested convention is the great hope of the Republican establishment, it is how they are drowning away their sorrows," In a contested convention, all these crazy voters go one way, we'll step in with all of our money and anoint our white knight to ride in and save the day. That's not going to happen."

When directly asked by reporters if he was preparing for a contested convention, his answer was "NO".

But that was then. Now after his "firewall" has collapsed on Super Tuesday, and his very disappointing losses last night Cruz changes mind. Now he's for a brokered convention. He tells this to Megan Kelly a few hours ago.

“A contested convention is a different thing where you go if nobody gets 1,237 and you’ve got two front-runners. Look, Reagan and Ford battled it out in a contested convention. That’s what conventions are for. If you’re fighting with the candidates that have earned the votes of the people and it’s the delegates at the convention who elected to do that, that’s the way the system works.”

They don't call him lying Ted Cruz for nothing.

[dexter75]

He was saying that there shouldn't be a brokered convention if Trump won enough delegates by using a back door rule like rule 40. However, if Trump doesn't get to 1,237 then yes, Cruz would be for a brokered convention and he has every right to want one.

[WaldoKitty]

^Nope He clearly said it wasn't going to happen and that it was bad for the party. Now he says it's OK because he can't win required number.

He's a flip flopper.