Apparently “Trump is likely to arrive in Cleveland with the largest delegate haul—but bets that the convention will reject him anyway if he falls below an absolute majority. Ordinarily that would be a recipe for civil war. But Trump’s critics justifiably think civil war is equally likely if he’s nominated.”
Trump PUMAs will be much less restrained, given their mercurial L.I.V. fervor. Chaos could reign. Oh Noes…
And Reince Priebus has now stated that the Republican National Convention is a place where “we don’t take sides”.
"We could be headed to a situation where there will be tremendous focus on trying to have a brokered convention — or a deadlocked convention because there aren't any brokers," GOP strategist Stuart Stevens, who helped run Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign, told NPR during special broadcast coverage Saturday night after the South Carolina primary…
So is that where this is heading — to a contested, deadlocked, brokered convention, where the party elites will try to rally around one alternative to Trump? It's one possibility, but there are a lot of things that have to line up before that happens — and a lot of contests to come. If it did get to that point, it would be the first time no one had enough delegates going into the first round of balloting at the convention in 40 years when incumbent President Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan were locked in a tight battle. (Ford got enough votes before the first round of balloting.)
If it went beyond that, and no one had enough delegates after the first round of voting, it would turn into a brokered convention. That hasn't happened for Republicans in almost 70 years — in 1948 when Thomas Dewey emerged as the nominee. In both years, Ford and Dewey went on to lose in the general election.
All this bodes well for Team Blue:
as kos has opined:
REPUBLICANS
Meanwhile, on the Republican side, this says it all:
Trump has burst through his previous ceiling of 38 percent. He leads everywhere that has polling, even Ohio where he leads the state’s governor John Kasich 31-28 (with Cruz at 20 and Rubio at 7). In Marco Rubio’s Florida, Trump leads the Rubiobot 42-24.
And, that’s all the energy I have for the GOP side. I’m looking forward to having a united front against Trump, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s decision to run for president has stirred up old feelings for some loyal supporters who refused to accept her defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary. When other Democrats put away their swords and rallied behind Barack Obama, the resisters responded: “Party unity, my ass!” — hence the nickname PUMAs.
After seven years in the political wilderness, some are ecstatic at the chance to help elect a candidate that they believe in, and to make history by putting the first woman in the White House. Others are excited but cautious, still haunted by the events of 2008
The Donald is NOT going to appear at CPAC after a YUGE uproar over his apparent purchasing of a speaking spot to the tune of a $50,000