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General Topics => Political Discussion => Topic started by: passivekinetic on March 15, 2016, 02:34:07 PM
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Trump just won Florida. Winner Take All. Added 99 delegates.
Trump 568
Cruz 370
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And got rid of Rubio.
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Missouri 82.4% reporting:
Trump 41.5%
Cruz 41.1%
Other than that, all Trump by significant margins, except for Kasich in Ohio.
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Yup.
The RNC will be super interesting, as of course, this whole year.
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He didn't just win....he slaughtered Rubio, in his own state.
Wish the same could have happened for Ohio
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The RNC will be super interesting, as of course, this whole year.
People might want to watch/read a Republican National Committee Rules Committee member and "uncommitted" delegate explain that it's not the voters who choose the candidate, it's The Party. When asked by the host "then why have any primaries or voting at all?" He responds "Good question". That's the contempt they have for us ordinary folks and our concerns about who gets to rule over "We the People".
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/16/we-choose-the-nominee-not-the-voters-senior-gop-official.html
Political parties, not voters, choose their presidential nominees, a Republican convention rules member told CNBC, a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump rolled up more big primary victories.
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People might want to watch/read a Republican National Committee Rules Committee member and "uncommitted" delegate explain that it's not the voters who choose the candidate, it's The Party. When asked by the host "then why have any primaries or voting at all?" He responds "Good question". That's the contempt they have for us ordinary folks and our concerns about who gets to rule over "We the People".
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/16/we-choose-the-nominee-not-the-voters-senior-gop-official.html
Political parties, not voters, choose their presidential nominees, a Republican convention rules member told CNBC, a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump rolled up more big primary victories.
While this is technically true, in a contested convention 95% of delegates need to vote as instructed on the first vote. This falls to 75% if a second vote is needed. After that they can vote for whomever they want.
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And further to that, this year it is different because the Will of the People is being heard.
It can be ignored, with consequences.
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While this is technically true, in a contested convention 95% of delegates need to vote as instructed on the first vote. This falls to 75% if a second vote is needed. After that they can vote for whomever they want.
I'm with Mark Twain on this one...
“If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.”
― Mark Twain
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Democrats have the perfect answer.....
https://youtu.be/17EOM3RTD1Y
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While this is technically true, in a contested convention 95% of delegates need to vote as instructed on the first vote. This falls to 75% if a second vote is needed. After that they can vote for whomever they want.
Not exactly.
If anyone wants to get into the weeds of the arcane "rules" of the RNC re delegates, challenges, voting, etc.:
http://www.infowars.com/how-the-gop-elite-plan-to-rob-donald-trump/
How the GOP Elite Plan To Rob Donald Trump
Cleveland, ladies and gentlemen, won’t be for the faint of heart
Despite his historic run in the primaries, Trump will never, repeat never, get the nomination if this bunch can stop him. Forget about them conceding Trump the victory once he gets to the magic 1237 (Fifty percent of the available delegates). They’ve cooked up a strategy to be employed at all costs to steal delegates from Trump so that he’ll fall below the 1237 on the first ballot, and then, before the second ballot to present one of their group (Mitt Romney, call your office) as the Savior of the Grand Old Party. While each state’s individual law governs, most delegates are not bound to the candidate that brought them once the first ballot is over. Stall Trump on the first ballot and the Bush-Romney-Rubio-Kasich-Ryan-McConnell combine can go really to work.
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Democrats have the perfect answer.....
https://youtu.be/17EOM3RTD1Y
A run between Trump and Hillary would be a blood bath. Just imagine the things said. Hillary will slam him as sexist and racist with all his past comments. Trump will probably say he knows why Bill cheated on her.