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From The New York Times
For the first time in a generation, Republicans are preparing for the possibility that their presidential nomination could be decided at their national convention rather than on the campaign trail, a prospect that would upend one of the rituals of modern politics.
The race remains Mitt Romneys to lose, and if he continues to accumulate delegates at a steady clip starting with contests in Puerto Rico on Sunday and Illinois on Tuesday, he has a good chance of amassing the 1,144 necessary to secure the nomination before the last primary, in Utah on June 26. But as he struggles to win the hearts of conservative voters and hold off a challenge from Rick Santorum, party leaders, activists and the campaigns are for the first time taking seriously the possibility that neither he nor anyone else will get to that total.
In that case, the nomination would be decided by the more than 2,200 delegates from obscure local officials and activists to national figures who will attend the partys convention in Tampa, Fla., in late August. They would embark on an unscripted, contentious and televised drama that has not played out in 36 years, a period in which both major party conventions have become slickly produced and highly choreographed pep rallies kicking off the general election campaign.
With that in mind, campaign and party lawyers are dusting off their party rule books, running through decades-old procedural arcana and studying the most recent convention-floor fight, between Ronald Reagan and President Gerald R. Ford in 1976. Republican officials also are bracing for the possibility of a prenomination clash between the partys establishment and members of the Tea Party movement, many of whom may be attending their first national convention.
More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/us/politics/republicans-brace-for-possible-open-convention.html
I have to say that this would break my heart.
Just kidding.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)that I'd enjoy. That spectacle of idiocy would be a joy to behold.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)No one who emerged from that convention would be trusted by most Republicon voters. Without that, the candidate cannot win.
left on green only
(1,484 posts)Oh how I can easily imagine the nightly masturbation fantasies that Para Salin must be having to the thoughts of she and The Tawd rolling up to the convention in their campaign bus, not so fresh from Visalia. And how she sachets onto the convention floor amongst the stench of her brothern, and captures the nomination on the first vote. That would serve all them media elites, I say.
denbot
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davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Bring your own popcorn....
DFW
(54,445 posts)Sounds good to me. It's about time that party displayed their true
identity in public rather than just show how "patriotic" and close to
God they are for the better part of a week. Maybe they'll even do the
world a favor and start drawing their concealed weapons to lend weight
to some of their more extreme positions.
They should have Limbaugh, Cantor, Santorum and the sicko from Lemon
Grove, CA (the rapist) address the convention on prime time, and show
Republican women how lucky they are to have such thoughtful men in
their party leadership.
Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)Still, I do hate the idea that all the election lawyers will be getting rich from this.