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What will happen at the Republican Convention?

What will happen at the Republican Convenyion?

  • Cruz will be the nominee

    Votes: 3 4.7%

  • Kasich will be the nominee

    Votes: 3 4.7%

  • Rubio will be the nominee

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Trump will be the nominee

    Votes: 28 43.8%

  • Someone else will be the nominee

    Votes: 3 4.7%

  • The four horsemen of the apocalypse will storm the convention and all hell will break loose.

    Votes: 27 42.2%
  • Total voters
    64
  • Poll closed .
Denver said:
ETA: I shouldn't say pointless, as it will be an important milestone in the reorganization of the republican party.
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How do you imagine they will reorganize? I am not asking what they will become; I am asking who will decide which planks and which voting blocks are worth keeping and which are not.

For instance, Who is going to say to the Tea Partiers "Look, everyone here is for smaller government and lower taxes, but being obstructionists about it is not helping us reach our goals"? Who is going to say to the religious fundamentalists,"We know that all the radio personalities said the liberals are evil and we should never compromise or negotiate with evil, but you need to get over that - we do need to sometimes negotiate with the left"?

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Then again, maybe I have it backwards. Maybe the Religious Right will say "Welcome to the new Republican Party. Anyone not committed to both bringing back school prayer and overturning Roe v. Wade needs to GTFO."
 
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One thing that has emerged is that the Tea party coalition has split badly between the libertarian wings and the religious wings. It was always an uneasy alliance,and now it has split..
 
Ladewig said:
Then again, maybe I have it backwards. Maybe the Religious Right will say "Welcome to the new Republican Party. Anyone not committed to both bringing back school prayer and overturning Roe v. Wade needs to GTFO."
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And with that the GOP will become the Whigs.,.....
 
After breaking the record for number of ballots set at the 1880 Republican National ConventionWP the GOP nominates the corpse of Ronald Reagan.
 
Kestrel said:
After breaking the record for number of ballots set at the 1880 Republican National ConventionWP the GOP nominates the corpse of Ronald Reagan.
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My friend and I were debating that issue. He thought that one could add "The Ghost of Ronald Reagan" to primary ballots and get at least five percent of the vote.
 
All this talk about Trump running as an independent: How, exactly? Ballot access rules are complex and vary by state. Some states, like Florida, Texas and Indiana require filing before the GOP convention (July 18-21). Others (like California) require huge numbers of signatures, and still others have complicating requirements (Arizona requires 3% of voters not affiliated with a party, while New York requires at least 100 voters from each congressional district).

Getting on the ballot in more than one state is quite a challenge.
 
Kestrel said:
After breaking the record for number of ballots set at the 1880 Republican National ConventionWP the GOP nominates the corpse of Ronald Reagan.
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He could probably win the General Election.

ETA: Now that I think of it, G.H.W. Bush only served one term. He's still eligible for another!
 
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I am going for "Trump will be the nominee" because I see the anti-Trump vote being split between the Crazy Cruzies and the non-lunatic fringe candidate Kasich (Rubio is toast). This means Trump should win enough of the winner-takes-all states (I think!) to secure a majority.

Of course, if it does come to a brokered convention then maybe they will go with Kasich, because he is not reviled by the Party almost as much as Trump. Or maybe they will suddenly unveil Paul Ryan.
 
Brainster said:
All this talk about Trump running as an independent: How, exactly? Ballot access rules are complex and vary by state. Some states, like Florida, Texas and Indiana require filing before the GOP convention (July 18-21). Others (like California) require huge numbers of signatures, and still others have complicating requirements (Arizona requires 3% of voters not affiliated with a party, while New York requires at least 100 voters from each congressional district).

Getting on the ballot in more than one state is quite a challenge.
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I am unsure, but I was told that he could approach alternative parties who have already filed for a place on the ballot. Some might take him under those circumstances both for the immediate publicity and to meet the 5% threshold needed for a political party to receive federal funds ( which can only be applied to the 2020 election).

But I could be talking out my ass.
 
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TragicMonkey said:
Trump will be thrown out of the convention for using foul language. He will then select Carly Fiorina as his running mate and run as an independent. Cruz and Rubio will gay marry and attempt to conceive the perfect Republican candidate using the power of prayer. The Republican establishment will beg Romney to come back and run, while ignoring Jeb's feeble offers to step back into the race. Sarah Palin will throw her hat into the ring, whereupon McCain will throw it right back out again. The convention will end with no candidates chosen, and several dozen people will have died and been cannibalized during the ruckus. A second convention will be held in which darkhorse candidate Euron Greyjoy secures the nomination by dubious means.
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I think you come closest to predicting what will happen, at least in board terms. The actuality, I believe, will be far more bizarre.
 
Or after all the officials and candidates but no other persons get in, the building collapses.
 
When Trump takes the podium spontaneous fistfights and knifings break out everywhere cheered on by Le Grand Orange himself.
 
Brainster said:
All this talk about Trump running as an independent: How, exactly? Ballot access rules are complex and vary by state. Some states, like Florida, Texas and Indiana require filing before the GOP convention (July 18-21). Others (like California) require huge numbers of signatures, and still others have complicating requirements (Arizona requires 3% of voters not affiliated with a party, while New York requires at least 100 voters from each congressional district).

Getting on the ballot in more than one state is quite a challenge.
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I am not an expert, but the GOP PTB are very concerned about the prospect.
IMHO given the fervor of his supporters I don't think generating a large amount of signatures would be hard, and with the amount of money he has to spend, all of the above obstacles would not be hard to overcome.
And I don't think the Donald would have problems taking over a smaller party.
 
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