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laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 09:56 PM Jul 2016

It's Official -The Hill: RNC Delegates are Unbound

Here's the legal framework that Mitt Romney's battalion are going to utilize, to Dump Trump, so that the ( likely to be totally chaotic) Republican National Convention can nominate Willard Mitt Romney, to be the GOP general national election - candidate.

The Hill's article, from today, is titled

"All delegates are unbound"

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/287198-all-delegates-are-unbound

The detailed history of the power struggles, is from 2 experts who wrote the book about the issue

Curly Haugland is a Republican National Committeeman from North Dakota and serves on the rules committees of both the Republican National Committee and the Republican National Convention.

Sean Parnell is a public policy consultant in Virginia.

They are co-authors of the book Unbound: The Conscience of a Republican Delegate.


In a nutshell, the proverbial "fix" is now "in"

And Mitt Romney's coming...
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It's Official -The Hill: RNC Delegates are Unbound (Original Post) laserhaas Jul 2016 OP
It'll be trump. Chan790 Jul 2016 #1
+1 Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #6
Shit just got real for Trump NWCorona Jul 2016 #2
"Shit just got real for Trump" LOL! workinclasszero Jul 2016 #14
They may be unbound..but they're also unhinged. Ken Burch Jul 2016 #3
lol TeamPooka Jul 2016 #15
That's pretty brilliant... tonedevil Jul 2016 #4
Ha Ha laserhaas Jul 2016 #5
At this point, roll the dice. longship Jul 2016 #7
LOL ..can you break down the phonics, for us, please? laserhaas Jul 2016 #8
Just make sure that you are first to be eaten. longship Jul 2016 #9
Jeb "When we buy a race we expect it to stay bought" Bush? Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #10
If that was true the Stop Trump people wouldn't be trying to get a majority on the rules committee KingFlorez Jul 2016 #11
Its gonna be Romney v Hillary laserhaas Jul 2016 #12
Trump is the face of the Republican Party. NCTraveler Jul 2016 #13
 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
1. It'll be trump.
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 10:03 PM
Jul 2016

He's the asshole they deserve and the asshole they love. The GOP establishment is dead in the ditch, murdered by their upstarts.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
14. "Shit just got real for Trump" LOL!
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 03:10 PM
Jul 2016

Its on now!

The bagger convention is gonna be EPIC!

Civil war republican style, may all sides lose equally!

 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
4. That's pretty brilliant...
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 10:25 PM
Jul 2016

it is sure to work out well for them. If they take my advice they will nominate Clint Eastwood's empty chair from 2012. It turned out to be the smartest guy in the room.

longship

(40,416 posts)
7. At this point, roll the dice.
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 11:14 PM
Jul 2016

And right now, they are loaded for Drumpf.

But with this, I imagine anything could happen. We might end up with Cthulhu as the GOP nominee.

Let's all practice:
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

Repeat as long as you can. Just in case.

KingFlorez

(12,689 posts)
11. If that was true the Stop Trump people wouldn't be trying to get a majority on the rules committee
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 11:48 PM
Jul 2016

This decision to unbind the delegates is up to the rules committee, period. Trump is going to be the nominee, not Mitt Romney and I don't know why some people keep pushing this idea. If that happened, Mitt Romney would get decimated in the general election, because far-right conservatives would sit on account of having their votes in the primary ignored.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
13. Trump is the face of the Republican Party.
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 02:42 PM
Jul 2016

This just means he will get even more votes on the first ballot. I think it was Rubio or someone who was still holding.

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