Thursday, February 9, 2012

Path to a Brokered GOP Convention Emerges

By Sean Trende - February 9, 2012





For many conservative Republicans, the dream outcome of the primary season is a brokered convention. Disappointed in the four remaining choices, they hope to change horses in August, and draft their preferred candidate, be it Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie, or Paul Ryan.
I've been adamant that such an outcome is extremely unlikely. For a brokered convention to occur, there has to be an almost perfect storm of events; the GOP elites can’t just declare shenanigans on the primary season and select a new nominee. Instead, something has to prevent any of the current candidates from clinching a majority of the delegates; if one of them amasses that majority, he will be the nominee on the first ballot at the convention in Tampa.

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1 comment:

  1. Jeb Bush? Nope...he's pro-amnesty. I've seen what the invasion from the south has done to Arizona. I want the nightmare to end- not get even worse.

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