Brokered Convention is the GOPs Trump Card: Politics

by **pacino** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 15:18:26

Carson, however, will not formally suspend his campaign. Instead, the Republicans said, he has decided to make a speech about his political future on Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, just outside of Washington.

by **smitty** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 15:23:18

MoBettle wrote:
smitty wrote:
drsmooth wrote:drumpf now opining that an open convention subverts the "will of the people", underscoring that he has absolutely zero understanding of what primaries represent, how they work, what their earthly purpose is - or that anyone who knows anything about anything would buy this particular glob of his bullshit. He is an appallingly dim individual.

Last brokered convention was 1952 with Adlai Stephenson winning the Dem nomination. That was back in the days primaries didn't mean much.

1968 dems?

Humphrey won easily on the first ballot between the riots and tear gas in the streets and Mayor Daley raising hell.

Interesting article. I was eleven but I watched a lot of it. The country was a mess and we had no Trump to make us great again.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/con ... ndex.shtml

by **Gimpy** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 15:26:18

I was reading an article in American Banker the other day regarding what bankers, who are largely republican, would likely do if Chillary and Trump are the respective nominees. It called Trump a wildcard who was too unreliable to really be trusted.

It also suggested a lot of bankers might opt for Hillary since they're familiar with her and any changes would come at the margins and because they've given millions to her campaign.

So don't be so sure every republican would take a Drumpf.

by **drsmooth** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 15:27:25

JFLNYC wrote: As I've said before, between now and the general election there's not going to be much mind-changing among the electorate between Hillary and The Donald. It's going to be about getting out the vote. Trump is compiling an impressive track record of doing that. Hillary, not so much.

Ds will line up with either HRC or Bernie. There's really no burning D platform.

Should drumpf stumble into the R nom, blood will be spilt. It will be R blood, in copious amounts. Such carnage as has not been seen since this old soldier was hacked to pieces:

The more fearful fear is that Rs compose themselves and piss on the drumpf grassfire themselves. Other candidates (not Cruz) would be more competitive, perhaps too competitive.

General Election Candidate drumpf would indeed be a uniter. Of all humankind, against his wretched self.

by **CalvinBall** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 15:46:29

this romney news is wild. jhoya whats the word?

by **TenuredVulture** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 15:47:04

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/mon ... deologues/

by **Brantt** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 15:52:32

I don't understand the Romney logic. He's just going to take votes from Rubio or Kasich. Trump and Cruz supporters aren't voting for Mittens.

by **JFLNYC** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 15:59:37

No one has ever accused Mitt Romney of being a great politician.

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 16:09:49

CalvinBall wrote:this romney news is wild. jhoya whats the word?

I think he's just going to try and get a platform to rant against Trump in a long form version. Lay out the case against him in a way that it's difficult for a current candidate to do. He still has high favs within the party.

He also might be eyeing an indy bid if Trump gets the nomination, but we wouldn't hear anything about that unless and until 3/15 goes terribly.

by **Gimpy** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 16:23:10

If Romney jumps in, I bet Rubio drops out and becomes his VP candidate and Kasich drops out shortly after and supports him.

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 16:26:54

Romney can't jump in unless he's planning on running a write in campaign. I think he is very seriously considering running as an independent if Trump is the nominee, but tomorrow isn't that.

by **Doll Is Mine** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 16:46:15

Trump should just show the video of Romney buddying up with Trump in 2012 for his endorsement. End of Romney run.

by **Brantt** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 16:49:13

jerseyhoya wrote:Romney can't jump in unless he's planning on running a write in campaign. I think he is very seriously considering running as an independent if Trump is the nominee, but tomorrow isn't that.

If that happened, I'd love to see Bernie run as an Independent as well.

For once you would have 4 high-profile candidates and give the country actual legitimate choices.

Boy would that be awesome.

by **Gimpy** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 16:52:28

Bernie wouldn't do it though.

by **The Crimson Cyclone** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 16:54:07

How late can you go to be on all 50 ballots?

by **jerseyhoya** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 17:16:25

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:How late can you go to be on all 50 ballots?

I think Texas has both the earliest deadline and one of the largest # of required signatures in early/mid May? So realistically any effort would need to get underway very shortly after March 15th.

by **JFLNYC** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 17:17:12

Romney has obviously missed a lot of the primary deadlines but not all of them, e.g., the California deadline to file is March 26. In terms of getting on the ballots for the general election he's got plenty of time. He could technically not run in any primaries be nominated at the convention and be on all the ballots. The Independent road is much tougher. According to ballotpedia.org:

Independent presidential candidates typically must petition each state to have their names printed on the general election ballot. For the 2016 presidential contest, it was estimated that an independent candidate would need to collect in excess of 900,000 signatures in order to appear on the general election ballot in every state.

by **Brantt** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 17:22:58

The Crimson Cyclone wrote:How late can you go to be on all 50 ballots?

https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_f ... candidates

by **Bucky** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 17:26:44

Dang, can't have a vine show up as an animated GIF, but watch this (only like 6 seconds)

https://vine.co/v/igHFKFWVDnO

by **The Crimson Cyclone** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 17:37:30

Brantt wrote:
The Crimson Cyclone wrote:How late can you go to be on all 50 ballots?

https://ballotpedia.org/Ballot_access_f ... candidates

Seeing primary deadlines but not general for independents

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