Everything You Wanted to Know about the Republican Convention

[Ame®icano]

This is how establishment work.

 

[Valerie]

^ ends with "without objection, the motion to reconsider is on the table"



A number of motions and requests are routinely made in the House each day as a part of its daily business.

https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32207.pdf

 

[bendog]

Tear Gas, police dogs and high pressure water hoses.

 

[Valerie]

Fallout: Donald Trump Will Fall 50-100 Delegates Short of 1,237 Needed to Clinch Nomination

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)’s overwhelming victory in Wisconsin on Tuesday makes it all but impossible for GOP frontrunner Donald Trump to win the 1,237 delegates he needs to secure the nomination ahead of the RNC convention in Cleveland.


Trump currently leads the GOP field with 743 delegates. He would need to win 58.9 percent of the remaining pledged delegates to obtain the simple majority necessary.

A number of the states remaining award delegates proportionally. The bulk of delegates in one critical upcoming state, Pennsylvania, aren’t officially bound to any candidate. The fight for California’s massive 172 delegates will be fought largely in each of the state’s 54 Congressional Districts.

As a result, Breitbart News estimates that Donald Trump will end the primary portion of the nomination fight with 1164 delegates, 74 short of the 1,237 delegates necessary to win the nomination on the first ballot. This estimate assumes Trump’s performance in upcoming contests is consistent with the results prior to Wisconsin.

In other words, it is a static estimate, assuming no great change in the trajectory, tone, or focus of the campaigns. It isn’t based on any future missteps, like those experienced by the Trump campaign ahead of the Wisconsin primary. Our assumption is, in many respects, the most optimistic for the Trump campaign. Because of this, it underscores the steep challenge Donald Trump faces heading into the 4th Quarter of the primary season.

Fallout: Donald Trump Will Fall 50-100 Delegates Short of 1,237 Needed to Clinch Nomination - Breitbart

 

[Valerie]

if i had to pick from the 3 republican candidates, i'd prefer kasich to be our president.

So you are supporting Kasich for President or another candidate?

i'm a hillary supporter

 

[longknife]

The only thing one needs to know about BOTH conventions is that they are gatherings of party hacks whose only allegiance is to keeping their own jobs!!!

 

[Valerie]

thanks for that brilliant insight. if only great men like longknife were in charge.

only then, could America ever be great again! or something...

 

[longknife]

thanks for that brilliant insight. if only great men like longknife were in charge.

only then, could America ever be great again! or something...

Obviously you disagree with me. Care to elucidate?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

This is a good read on what can happen at the convention. Much skull-doggery in the works

Trump has more than math to worry about in Cleveland

If Donald Trump wants to ward off defeat at a contested convention, he’s got more than just a vote of the delegates to worry about.

Every aspect of the Republican National Convention is a potential tripwire that motivated anti-Trump forces could deploy to waylay the mogul — from major processes to invalidate whole slates of delegates to minor inconveniences, like seating arrangements for delegates inside the arena, which could complicate negotiations if the convention becomes a free-for-all.



Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/trump-has-more-than-math-to-worry-about-in-cleveland-221657#ixzz45AOn2L00
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