Originally Posted By Mr X ***Cleveland is seeking to buy 2,000 sets of riot gear, including riot-control suits and collapsible batons, as part of the city's latest move to spend a $50 million federal security grant for July's Republican National Convention.*** <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cleveland.com/rnc-2016/index.ssf/2016/03/cleveland_seeking_to_buy_riot.html">http://www.cleveland.com/rnc-2...iot.html</a> That won't be enough...
Originally Posted By mawnck The theory: If Trump doesn't have the majority of the delegates going into the convention, the Powers That Be will somehow be able to convince a majority of the delegates to nominate someone else. (Probably Cruz, whose guts they all hate.) As if all of them are going to go in that direction, especially after Trump gives his convention speech. Sorry, not buying it. Trump's the guy. Look out, rest of the world. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://news.addictinginfoent.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Trump-Salute-Featured.jpg">http://news.addictinginfoent.n...ured.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By SuperDry << If Trump doesn't have the majority of the delegates going into the convention >> There's a reason that the rules state that a candidate needs a majority, and not just the plurality, of the delegate votes at the convention in order to be nominated. It's not at all out of the question that the plurality candidate going into the convention not end up with the nomination. It's by design. It would not at all be the other candidates "ganging up" with each other. If none of the candidates has a majority, then someone will have to compromise, or nobody will get the nomination. And compromise involves, well, compromise. Presumably, each delegate thinks that their candidate and what they stand for best represents their interests and is best for the party. If nobody got the majority, then some candidate needs to be found that represents some combination of what the delegates think is right in terms of what they stand for, with each faction getting some of what they want, and having to give in on other issues. It may turn out that the candidate that best represents the compromise in values is not one of them currently running in the primary.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 You just laid out a logical and calm explanation of how nominating conventions are supposed to work, at least in the past. Not at all what Trump supporters would want to hear if he was, say, 70 delegates short of 1,273, though. And sooooooooo not what The Donald would want to hear. If he goes into Cleveland with the largest plurality of delegates and doesn't come out with the nomination, I'd be truly shocked if he didn't run on a third party, even if it had to be as a write-in. If he doesn't win FL or OH next week (and definitely if he loses both, thus making it actually unlikely that he could get to 1,273), I bet he has his people investigate exactly what he'd need to do to run on a 3rd party, if he hasn't already. It can be confusing as a liberal this year to know what to root for, actually. Does one root for Trump, because Cruz would be even worse? Does one root for Cruz to do semi-well; just enough to force a contested convention that would set the Republicans at each other? Does one root for the saner (but still pretty icky) Rubio or Kasich to do well, and perhaps emerge from a contested convention, though they'd probably have a better chance in the General? Poor Cleveland. That town's had enough trouble in the past.
Originally Posted By velo I think they're going to need that riot gear. I honestly think there will be some Trump "supporters" outside the convention who will be armed. And if fights break out inside over brokering, etc., I'm afraid we may see some yahoo outside exercising his "constitutional right"
