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2016 Postmortem

andym

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4. In that election Reagan attacked Ford as being establishment.

Reply to Trust Buster (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 3, 2016, 08:47 PM

Jun 2016

How is the analogy tenuous? Ford should have been seen as even more deserving than Clinton (since he was a sitting President), yet the nomination was very very close, and Reagan almost pulled it off.

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Modern historical precedent to take campaign to the convention. [View all] andym Jun 2016 OP

We ain't the GOP. eom MohRokTah Jun 2016 #1

No, we have the wholly undemocratic super delegates. morningfog Jun 2016 #3

Back then the GOP had superdelegates, the Democratic Party didn't andym Jun 2016 #7

no back then, as now, PA didn't require its GOP delegates to pledge to support a candidate dsc Jun 2016 #9

Ford was a sitting President and head of the Republican Party. Sanders is the losing candidate who Trust Buster Jun 2016 #2

In that election Reagan attacked Ford as being establishment. andym Jun 2016 #4

It's tenuous because Ford was the head of the Republican Party and the delegates stayed with Trust Buster Jun 2016 #8

The delegates almost didn't stay with Ford andym Jun 2016 #12

Hillary leads Sanders by far more delegates. You're hoping against hope. Trust Buster Jun 2016 #13

Wrong party... beachbum bob Jun 2016 #5

The GOP no longer runs their Primaries like that, now the Democratic Party does andym Jun 2016 #6

A contested primary Skink Jun 2016 #10

The correct precedent is Jerry Brown in 1992 geek tragedy Jun 2016 #11

Point 1. Ford lost brooklynite Jun 2016 #14