I'm not so sure this primary season is a done deal. If this report below is true, and Cruz doesn't win the general election his political career will be kaput, done, over. (Not that it would be a bad thing)
But the RNC is playing with fire if this goes forward. Trumpies are mostly people who want revenge against Obama, and they will want revenge against the RNC if this happens.
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FLASH! Report that Delegates Have Enough Votes to Nominate Cruz on 1st Ballot
by Bob Bennett - Jun 1
http://www.teapartynation.com/m/discuss ... %3A3250567
“‘The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination. That’s the conflict here,’” He said. “The political parties choose their nominees, not the general public, contrary to popular belief,” he added.
“The United States Supreme Court has held several times that political parties enjoy protection from both the First and Fourteenth Amendments as they pursue their political objectives. The Republican Party is free to choose whether or not they want to be governed by state laws,” Haugland argued in a written statement.
“RNC spokesman Lindsay Walters told CNBC that delegates are not free to vote their consciences on the first ballot: “‘Delegates are bound according to the rules written by the state party.’”
But: a CNBC study found these SCOTUS decisions support delegates’ right to vote as they choose: “RNC rules or not, a political party has power over the states and could override their binding rules, according to two Supreme Court rulings: Cousins v. Wigoda 1975 and Democratic Party v. Wisconsin ex rel. La Follette, 1981.”
Therefore, the primary vote—much bragged about by Mr. Trump—does not give him the nomination; the delegates at the convention do.
Indeed: his claim to be supported by “the people” is false: the total he got so far, is only 42% of GOP primary voters, including crossover Democrats:
Total votes: 27,900,288
Trump: 11,606,701 = 42%
Non-Trump: 16,293,587 = 58%
But the RNC is playing with fire if this goes forward. Trumpies are mostly people who want revenge against Obama, and they will want revenge against the RNC if this happens.
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FLASH! Report that Delegates Have Enough Votes to Nominate Cruz on 1st Ballot
by Bob Bennett - Jun 1
http://www.teapartynation.com/m/discuss ... %3A3250567
“‘The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination. That’s the conflict here,’” He said. “The political parties choose their nominees, not the general public, contrary to popular belief,” he added.
“The United States Supreme Court has held several times that political parties enjoy protection from both the First and Fourteenth Amendments as they pursue their political objectives. The Republican Party is free to choose whether or not they want to be governed by state laws,” Haugland argued in a written statement.
“RNC spokesman Lindsay Walters told CNBC that delegates are not free to vote their consciences on the first ballot: “‘Delegates are bound according to the rules written by the state party.’”
But: a CNBC study found these SCOTUS decisions support delegates’ right to vote as they choose: “RNC rules or not, a political party has power over the states and could override their binding rules, according to two Supreme Court rulings: Cousins v. Wigoda 1975 and Democratic Party v. Wisconsin ex rel. La Follette, 1981.”
Therefore, the primary vote—much bragged about by Mr. Trump—does not give him the nomination; the delegates at the convention do.
Indeed: his claim to be supported by “the people” is false: the total he got so far, is only 42% of GOP primary voters, including crossover Democrats:
Total votes: 27,900,288
Trump: 11,606,701 = 42%
Non-Trump: 16,293,587 = 58%
It is what it is until it isn't
