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Donald Trumpâs Louisiana Team Attended âSecret Meeting,â State Party Official SaysOne big wrinkle: Mr. Trumpâs two Louisiana state co-chairmen both attended the âsecret meetingâ â which was in fact a gathering at the Louisiana state GOP convention March 12, according to Jason DorĂ©, the state partyâs executive director.
So much for Donny's effort to "decertify" the LA delegates.
Dore didn't follow proper procedures for notifying the delegates. That remains true. Only one official was there and that was because "they got wind of it" instead of proper notification.
"Bennett later conceded to CBS News' Major Garrett that there was a campaign official in attendance at the meeting - but only because Bennett got wind of it and that the party did not go through the proper channels to notify prospective delegates, therefore giving the challenge merit. Bennett said the campaign would contest the delegate allocation process with the Republican National Committee."
Inside Donald Trump's bizarre Louisiana delegate fight
Personally, I think it's much ado about nothing. Trump will have more than 1300 BOUND delegates heading into the convention. These BOUND delegates all MUST vote for Trump on the first ballot. There will not be a second ballot.
Donald Trumpâs Louisiana Team Attended âSecret Meeting,â State Party Official SaysOne big wrinkle: Mr. Trumpâs two Louisiana state co-chairmen both attended the âsecret meetingâ â which was in fact a gathering at the Louisiana state GOP convention March 12, according to Jason DorĂ©, the state partyâs executive director.
So much for Donny's effort to "decertify" the LA delegates.
Dore didn't follow proper procedures for notifying the delegates. That remains true. Only one official was there and that was because "they got wind of it" instead of proper notification.
"Bennett later conceded to CBS News' Major Garrett that there was a campaign official in attendance at the meeting - but only because Bennett got wind of it and that the party did not go through the proper channels to notify prospective delegates, therefore giving the challenge merit. Bennett said the campaign would contest the delegate allocation process with the Republican National Committee."
Inside Donald Trump's bizarre Louisiana delegate fight
They "got wind of it."
And when they "got wind of it" his co-chairmen didn't bother to notify the other Trump LA delegates?
That doesn't improve Trumpy's position. It makes them seem even more inept and laughable.
Donald Trumpâs Louisiana Team Attended âSecret Meeting,â State Party Official SaysOne big wrinkle: Mr. Trumpâs two Louisiana state co-chairmen both attended the âsecret meetingâ â which was in fact a gathering at the Louisiana state GOP convention March 12, according to Jason DorĂ©, the state partyâs executive director.
So much for Donny's effort to "decertify" the LA delegates.
Dore didn't follow proper procedures for notifying the delegates. That remains true. Only one official was there and that was because "they got wind of it" instead of proper notification.
"Bennett later conceded to CBS News' Major Garrett that there was a campaign official in attendance at the meeting - but only because Bennett got wind of it and that the party did not go through the proper channels to notify prospective delegates, therefore giving the challenge merit. Bennett said the campaign would contest the delegate allocation process with the Republican National Committee."
Inside Donald Trump's bizarre Louisiana delegate fight
They "got wind of it."
And when they "got wind of it" his co-chairmen didn't bother to notify the other Trump LA delegates?
That doesn't improve Trumpy's position. It makes them seem even more inept and laughable.
Apparently its hard to figure out when publically known events occur
Personally, I think it's much ado about nothing. Trump will have more than 1300 BOUND delegates heading into the convention. These BOUND delegates all MUST vote for Trump on the first ballot. There will not be a second ballot.
That is a possibility. But I have seen decent arguments saying that he will fall short of the majority by between one to two hundred delegates. THEN it all matters -- a lot.
Personally, I think it's much ado about nothing. Trump will have more than 1300 BOUND delegates heading into the convention. These BOUND delegates all MUST vote for Trump on the first ballot. There will not be a second ballot.
That is a possibility. But I have seen decent arguments saying that he will fall short of the majority by between one to two hundred delegates. THEN it all matters -- a lot.
Those arguments are for the math challenged. Trump has a greater than 98% chance of getting more than 1300 BOUND AND PLEDGED delegates. In other words, it's a done deal. He is going to trounce untrusTED in Indiana, California, Oregon, New Jersey, and W Virginia.
Now if you want to pray and fast like the religious nutjob Glenn Beck, have at it.....it won't change the outcome.
If there is no way he is losing the first ballot why challenge the certification?
Personally, I think it's much ado about nothing. Trump will have more than 1300 BOUND delegates heading into the convention. These BOUND delegates all MUST vote for Trump on the first ballot. There will not be a second ballot.
That is a possibility. But I have seen decent arguments saying that he will fall short of the majority by between one to two hundred delegates. THEN it all matters -- a lot.
Those arguments are for the math challenged. Trump has a greater than 98% chance of getting more than 1300 BOUND AND PLEDGED delegates. In other words, it's a done deal. He is going to trounce untrusTED in Indiana, California, Oregon, New Jersey, and W Virginia.
Now if you want to pray and fast like the religious nutjob Glenn Beck, have at it.....it won't change the outcome.
No.
The question is not whether Trumpy is presently pretty far ahead.
The only real question is whether he will win enough MORE delegates to capture the majority by the convention.
And an April 28 poll for Indiana is just one poll. At least one other I saw just recently would cast that Trump lead into significant doubt.
Will Cruz win Indiana? Damned if I know. But to believe it's a lock for Trump is kind of silly.
I do believe that if Cruz fails to grab Indiana, it's effectively all over, however. That would be depressing.
If there is no way he is losing the first ballot why challenge the certification?
A very astute question!
I do not think Trump will have any luck with decertifying. In fact, I would think the natl party does not have the power to alter how state parties allocated delegates, so long as the state party followed it's own rules.I think the decertifying thing is a no go (not to diss the thread in any way), but I think you are right in that if Trump runs this thing out, I think enough will flip to give it to him on the first ballot.I read this morning that some Cruz delegates are rethinking their support. If the delegates do not mirror the popular vote, that would ruin the party.They've promised challenges and Trump brought on a lawyer called William McGinley to handle the delegate related issues.
âWell, the problem weâre having here is that there was a secret meeting in Louisiana of the convention delegation, and apparently all of the invitations for our delegates must have gotten lost in the mail," Trump adviser Barry Bennett told MSNBC's Ari Melber last month.
"Thereâs a process to deal with this. Itâs in the certification process, and itâs been with our legal team for most of the morning now, and we are moving forward with the complaint to decertify these delegates."
Obscure Panel May Have Big Effect on GOP Convention | RealClearPolitics
I disagree. I think this it will backfire. So go for it guys
Because he's running against CROOKS who are trying to CHEAT him, and that makes a great story. HE'S THE CHAMPION OF ALL THOSE WHO LIFE SHAFTSIf there is no way he is losing the first ballot why challenge the certification?
A very astute question!
They may very well be wrong.
Some info about that poll.....
According to exactly one poll, based on 400 voters and with a 4.9% margin of error, Ted Cruz could win the Indiana GOP presidential primary on Tuesday.
A new poll from the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics is the first one â and thus far the only â to give Cruz the advantage over Donald Trump in the Hoosier State. All other polls show Trump in the lead by as many as 15 percentage points, according to Real Clear Politics.
âWe can understand why people would question the results,â Mike Downs Center director Andrew Downs told the Daily News.
âItâs not a statement about end-all-to-be-all â this is just some data.â
The poll was based on calls to 400 voters around Indiana through two weeks in April. Of those 400, 179 said theyâd vote for Cruz. Meanwhile, 116 went for Trump. The others supported Ohio Gov. John Kasich or were undecided.
Downs said about one-third of calls came before Cruz and Kasich announced their anti-Trump pact, and nearly all of them occurred before Cruz chose Carly Fiorina as his running mate â all of which skews the Cruz-friendly conclusion even further.
âWe can all be wrong one time out of 20,â he said about the polling process.
âThis is much more likely to be that one time than not.â
Exactly one poll says Ted Cruz will beat Trump in Indiana primary
When the man who created the poll admits it is probably wrong...well, you can draw your own conclusions about it.
