So why have there been NO "Brokered Conventions" in either party since 1952?

1952 was the last year of brokered conventions and BOTH parties held a brokered convention.

Adlai Stevenson came out of the Democratic National Convention and Dwight David Eisenhower came out of the Republican convention.

That was the last year either party held a convention where the nominee was not determined on the first ballot.

But why?

It's simple really. Brokered conventions are contentious affairs and nobody wants that in party leadership.

It's a tradition that every four years media personalities swoon over the possibility of a brokered convention on one side or the other because this sort of drama makes for good television and sells advertising. Every four years by the time Super Tuesday wraps up, it's down to no more than two real contenders in each party. All of the other multitudinous candidates see their money dry u and they just cannot compete.

And somebody always comes out on top to take the convention on the first ballot no muss no fuss.

You can usually tell who is seeing some nasty internal polling that shows their only hope is for several candidates to stay in so they have the plurality of delegates going into the first brokered convention since 1952 and can take it on the strength of the argument that" the convention must rally around the person with the most pledged delegates?" The person who starts using that argument almost always loses.

Almost. Always.

On rare occasions you can see some early panic in a campaign that thought it would do better early on. It's rare, but can happen.

The last time it was seriously pushed was in 2008. Hillary Clinton thought for a time she could argue she had the most popular votes so she should be nominated in the convention.

Hillary lost.

So yeah, it's interesting to look at the arguments about how a brokered convention should be handled, but it's all academic. Conventions are no longer brokered. 2020 will be no different. It will boil down to two contenders (or possibly even only one realistic contender) after Super Tuesday.

KA-BOOM!

Insane Purity Demand of the Day: YOU CANNOT TAKE MONEY FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT!!!

This is the most insane thing I've ever heard of!

What, are we supposed to put the ENTIRE cost of campaigning against a flipping billionaire to people whose $5 donation hurts them more than some rich person's $5,000 donation?

REALLY?

SHEESH!

The Acquittal of Donald Trump is BEING APPEALED!

Expunge an impeachment you say? Let's go to the constitution...

Wherein Junior thanks Schiff for outting all the disloyal so his daddy can show his Mob Boss Skills

The Vindman twin brothers and Sondland fired for revenge.

There is a red line occurrence on the horizon.

Should Bolton be arrested we will be to the next step on the road to consolidation of power and intimidation of dissenters and opponents. Arresting Bolton will be a clear signal that Trump has determined he can do what he wants when he wants and nobody can stop him.

Only time will tell if he takes that step.

Bill Barr is Trump's Himmler

He's remaking the FBI and the rest of the DOJ into Trump's private Schutzstaffel.

It is not beyond the realm of possibility that there will be mass arrests of Democratic candidates in late October. And his cultists will eat it up chanting "LOCK THEM UP!"

That's my prediction for an "October Surprise".

Duck season. Wabbit Season. Duck season. Wabbit season.

Uncle Joe on picking a Veep

I tell ya, this is the ONLY candidate who knows EXACTLY what it takes to do the job and hit the ground running on day one, because he has already done the job!

https://twitter.com/doctor_eon/status/1225244743044456449