What if scenarios for GOP: Here are three ways the Republican p**********l race could shake out BY MARK Z. BARABAK After 39 contests and more than 20 million v**es cast, the...

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Here are three ways the Republican p**********l race could shake out
BY MARK Z. BARABAK
After 39 contests and more than 20 million v**es cast, the Republican p**********l race has narrowed to three candidates and three possible scenarios.
The first, and most likely, is that Donald Trump wins the delegates he needs to mathematically clinch the GOP nomination ahead of the partys national convention this summer.
The second, testing Trumps much-vaunted deal-making sk**ls, has the businessman and reality TV star coming up just shy but bargaining his way to the 1,237 delegates he needs to take the nomination.
The third scenario, and the hope of rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich and other forces arrayed against Trump, is forcing an open convention that picks the nominee on the floor of the convention in downtown Cleveland.
If Trump continues winning primaries at just about his current pace, he could have all the delegates he needs before the opening gavel falls on July 18, or will at least come close.
After Tuesdays victory in winner-take-all Arizona, Trump has 739 delegates, far more than either of his two remaining GOP rivals, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, and more than half the number needed to lock down the nomination, at least on paper.
Still, his opponents and others fighting Trump are hardly giving up. They hope to deny him a victory in the first round of b****ting, forcing an open convention and the first to require multiple b****ts since the Democratic convention in 1952. (The last Republican convention to go multiple rounds was in 1948.)
Much will depend on the outcome of primaries in several big states that have yet to v**e, including Wisconsin , New York, Pennsylvania and, on June 7, the biggest of all, California.
Trump has won 48% of the delegates awarded so far and needs to win just over half, 54%, of those remaining to reach 1,237, according to tracking by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
Texas Sen. Cruz needs to win 86% of remaining delegates to clinch the nomination, which is mathematically possible but not realistic. Ohio Gov. Kasich has no chance of getting the nomination short of emerging the choice of a contested convention.
Going forward, its going to take something we havent seen to date to derail Trump, said David Wasserman, who manages the delegate count for the Cook report.
While the math is straightforward, myriad permutations could determine who Republicans send forth against the Democratic nominee in November, especially if Trump were to fall short on the conventions first b****t.
Of the 2,472 delegates arriving in Cleveland, most will probably support their candidate wholeheartedly and do everything they can to ensure they win the nomination. Scores, however, will be unbound, leaving them free to back whomever they choose, regardless of how people back home v**ed.
Still others will be required to support a candidate on the first round of b****ting, and are then free to switch. The rules governing delegates differ from state to state.
Each of the three remaining candidates have set up operations designed to ensure the loyalty of their delegates, court those who are free to choose and poach still others who are either wavering in their commitment or willing to switch after the first b****t.
Much of the effort is taking place far from the upcoming caucus and primary states, in places that have already v**ed, as party members gather at the state and local levels to select the individuals they will send as delegates to the national convention.
The campaigns are also working behind the scenes to place sympathetic members on the convention rules committee, which consists of 112 party members two from each state and six U.S. territories who will meet ahead of the gathering to decide how the four-day session will run.
While seemingly arcane, the decisions made by the panel could be crucial, determining, for instance, which candidates can have their names placed into nomination. (The rules are subject to approval by the full convention.)
For Trump, the calculation is straightforward.
He recently said on CNN he expected to win enough delegates to clinch the nomination ahead of the convention, but if he fell short and were at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400 I dont think you can say that we dont get it automatically.
I think youd have r**ts, he added. I wouldnt lead it, but I think bad things would happen.
Many rank-and-file Republicans seem to agree not necessarily with Trumps threat of violence but with his underlying argument.
A recent nationwide Bloomberg Politics survey found 63% of those who v**ed in this years GOP primaries or caucuses believe the person with the most delegates deserves the partys nomination, even if he arrives in Cleveland short of a majority. mark.barabak  @latimes.com  

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

A Democrat In 2016 wrote:

Here are three ways the Republican p**********l race could shake out
BY MARK Z. BARABAK
After 39 contests and more than 20 million v**es cast, the Republican p**********l race has narrowed to three candidates and three possible scenarios.
The first, and most likely, is that Donald Trump wins the delegates he needs to mathematically clinch the GOP nomination ahead of the partys national convention this summer.
The second, testing Trumps much-vaunted deal-making sk**ls, has the businessman and reality TV star coming up just shy but bargaining his way to the 1,237 delegates he needs to take the nomination.
The third scenario, and the hope of rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich and other forces arrayed against Trump, is forcing an open convention that picks the nominee on the floor of the convention in downtown Cleveland.
If Trump continues winning primaries at just about his current pace, he could have all the delegates he needs before the opening gavel falls on July 18, or will at least come close.
After Tuesdays victory in winner-take-all Arizona, Trump has 739 delegates, far more than either of his two remaining GOP rivals, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, and more than half the number needed to lock down the nomination, at least on paper.
Still, his opponents and others fighting Trump are hardly giving up. They hope to deny him a victory in the first round of b****ting, forcing an open convention and the first to require multiple b****ts since the Democratic convention in 1952. (The last Republican convention to go multiple rounds was in 1948.)
Much will depend on the outcome of primaries in several big states that have yet to v**e, including Wisconsin , New York, Pennsylvania and, on June 7, the biggest of all, California.
Trump has won 48% of the delegates awarded so far and needs to win just over half, 54%, of those remaining to reach 1,237, according to tracking by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
Texas Sen. Cruz needs to win 86% of remaining delegates to clinch the nomination, which is mathematically possible but not realistic. Ohio Gov. Kasich has no chance of getting the nomination short of emerging the choice of a contested convention.
Going forward, its going to take something we havent seen to date to derail Trump, said David Wasserman, who manages the delegate count for the Cook report.
While the math is straightforward, myriad permutations could determine who Republicans send forth against the Democratic nominee in November, especially if Trump were to fall short on the conventions first b****t.
Of the 2,472 delegates arriving in Cleveland, most will probably support their candidate wholeheartedly and do everything they can to ensure they win the nomination. Scores, however, will be unbound, leaving them free to back whomever they choose, regardless of how people back home v**ed.
Still others will be required to support a candidate on the first round of b****ting, and are then free to switch. The rules governing delegates differ from state to state.
Each of the three remaining candidates have set up operations designed to ensure the loyalty of their delegates, court those who are free to choose and poach still others who are either wavering in their commitment or willing to switch after the first b****t.
Much of the effort is taking place far from the upcoming caucus and primary states, in places that have already v**ed, as party members gather at the state and local levels to select the individuals they will send as delegates to the national convention.
The campaigns are also working behind the scenes to place sympathetic members on the convention rules committee, which consists of 112 party members two from each state and six U.S. territories who will meet ahead of the gathering to decide how the four-day session will run.
While seemingly arcane, the decisions made by the panel could be crucial, determining, for instance, which candidates can have their names placed into nomination. (The rules are subject to approval by the full convention.)
For Trump, the calculation is straightforward.
He recently said on CNN he expected to win enough delegates to clinch the nomination ahead of the convention, but if he fell short and were at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400 I dont think you can say that we dont get it automatically.
I think youd have r**ts, he added. I wouldnt lead it, but I think bad things would happen.
Many rank-and-file Republicans seem to agree not necessarily with Trumps threat of violence but with his underlying argument.
A recent nationwide Bloomberg Politics survey found 63% of those who v**ed in this years GOP primaries or caucuses believe the person with the most delegates deserves the partys nomination, even if he arrives in Cleveland short of a majority. mark.barabak  @latimes.com  

Here are three ways the Republican p**********l ra... (show quote)

We really need you leftwingnuts assessing republican business,the party that gave us Obama should shut up.

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

A Kool-Aid Swillin' Spook In 2016 wrote:

Here are three ways the Republican p**********l race could shake out
 

Yo Kuntus,

We don't really care who becomes the next POTUS.

We're just happy that Obammy and his house full of spooks will soon be vacating the premises.

You spooks have been thoroughly suckered by the Clintons.

And like the typical spook wuss, you're scared of the big bad old rich white Donald the Duck Trump.

You spooks wouldn't know a good president if he slapped you with a pot full of collard greens.

And remember Kuntus, no matter who wins...............you lose...............SPOOK !!!

Progressive One

Wolf counselor wrote:

Yo Kuntus, br br We don't really care who becomes... (show quote)

Stop letting black guys hump you in the mouth and then dumping you. you won't be so h**eful.

fiatlux

A Democrat In 2016 wrote:

Here are three ways the Republican p**********l race could shake out
BY MARK Z. BARABAK
After 39 contests and more than 20 million v**es cast, the Republican p**********l race has narrowed to three candidates and three possible scenarios.
The first, and most likely, is that Donald Trump wins the delegates he needs to mathematically clinch the GOP nomination ahead of the partys national convention this summer.
The second, testing Trumps much-vaunted deal-making sk**ls, has the businessman and reality TV star coming up just shy but bargaining his way to the 1,237 delegates he needs to take the nomination.
The third scenario, and the hope of rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich and other forces arrayed against Trump, is forcing an open convention that picks the nominee on the floor of the convention in downtown Cleveland.
If Trump continues winning primaries at just about his current pace, he could have all the delegates he needs before the opening gavel falls on July 18, or will at least come close.
After Tuesdays victory in winner-take-all Arizona, Trump has 739 delegates, far more than either of his two remaining GOP rivals, Ted Cruz and John Kasich, and more than half the number needed to lock down the nomination, at least on paper.
Still, his opponents and others fighting Trump are hardly giving up. They hope to deny him a victory in the first round of b****ting, forcing an open convention and the first to require multiple b****ts since the Democratic convention in 1952. (The last Republican convention to go multiple rounds was in 1948.)
Much will depend on the outcome of primaries in several big states that have yet to v**e, including Wisconsin , New York, Pennsylvania and, on June 7, the biggest of all, California.
Trump has won 48% of the delegates awarded so far and needs to win just over half, 54%, of those remaining to reach 1,237, according to tracking by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
Texas Sen. Cruz needs to win 86% of remaining delegates to clinch the nomination, which is mathematically possible but not realistic. Ohio Gov. Kasich has no chance of getting the nomination short of emerging the choice of a contested convention.
Going forward, its going to take something we havent seen to date to derail Trump, said David Wasserman, who manages the delegate count for the Cook report.
While the math is straightforward, myriad permutations could determine who Republicans send forth against the Democratic nominee in November, especially if Trump were to fall short on the conventions first b****t.
Of the 2,472 delegates arriving in Cleveland, most will probably support their candidate wholeheartedly and do everything they can to ensure they win the nomination. Scores, however, will be unbound, leaving them free to back whomever they choose, regardless of how people back home v**ed.
Still others will be required to support a candidate on the first round of b****ting, and are then free to switch. The rules governing delegates differ from state to state.
Each of the three remaining candidates have set up operations designed to ensure the loyalty of their delegates, court those who are free to choose and poach still others who are either wavering in their commitment or willing to switch after the first b****t.
Much of the effort is taking place far from the upcoming caucus and primary states, in places that have already v**ed, as party members gather at the state and local levels to select the individuals they will send as delegates to the national convention.
The campaigns are also working behind the scenes to place sympathetic members on the convention rules committee, which consists of 112 party members two from each state and six U.S. territories who will meet ahead of the gathering to decide how the four-day session will run.
While seemingly arcane, the decisions made by the panel could be crucial, determining, for instance, which candidates can have their names placed into nomination. (The rules are subject to approval by the full convention.)
For Trump, the calculation is straightforward.
He recently said on CNN he expected to win enough delegates to clinch the nomination ahead of the convention, but if he fell short and were at 1,100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400 I dont think you can say that we dont get it automatically.
I think youd have r**ts, he added. I wouldnt lead it, but I think bad things would happen.
Many rank-and-file Republicans seem to agree not necessarily with Trumps threat of violence but with his underlying argument.
A recent nationwide Bloomberg Politics survey found 63% of those who v**ed in this years GOP primaries or caucuses believe the person with the most delegates deserves the partys nomination, even if he arrives in Cleveland short of a majority. mark.barabak  @latimes.com  

Here are three ways the Republican p**********l ra... (show quote)

I have this feeling Trump will not accept the nomination for president. He has made a one million dollar bet with Putin that no matter how sick and d********g his campaign, not unlike Russian politics, he will be the nominee. It is just a bad joke. He will make a reality TV show to laugh at the American e*****rate. "The Fool's Club" would be a good title. "You're fired!" reason. "You're fired!" decency. "You're fired!" tolerance. Great laugh, and it really is.

Progressive One

fiatlux wrote:

I have this feeling Trump will not accept the nomi... (show quote)

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

fiatlux wrote:

I have this feeling Trump will not accept the nomi... (show quote)

How about you and A Democrate in never land staring in a reality love story,we could call it,let's see,how about The Ass Kissing the Hole,a true ratings winner.

fiatlux

Hemiman wrote:

How about you and A Democrate in never land staring in a reality love story,we could call it,let's see,how about The Ass Kissing the Hole,a true ratings winner.

How much do I get? Haha...

Time after time no intelligent arguments about what is posted, just juvenile insults and patent ad hominems. Nothing of substance. The Right has become the party of Nananahna, or Tongue-pointers, without t***h, evidence, or reason on their side. Just playground bully-bluff. Do you have an opinion? Share it and stop looking like a horse's pettut.

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

fiatlux wrote:

How much do I get? Haha...

Time after time no intelligent arguments about what is posted, just juvenile insults and patent ad hominems. Nothing of substance. The Right has become the party of Nananahna, or Tongue-pointers, without t***h, evidence, or reason on their side. Just playground bully-bluff. Do you have an opinion? Share it and stop looking like a horse's pettut.

You never post anything intelligent to discuss all you post is insane liberal dribble.As for looking like a horses ass,lady you have your picture as an Avatar and you have a face only a mother could love.

fiatlux

Hemiman wrote:

You never post anything intelligent to discuss all you post is insane liberal dribble.As for looking like a horses ass,lady you have your picture as an Avatar and you have a face only a mother could love.

Good answer. Trump may marry you. And if you had your thoughts assembled into a book for posterity on our times, would anyone have a clue to what was going on? No. They would see a little man without substance howling at the moon. Leave something for posterity. Share one thought at least, not just a typical drool of insult.

Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas

A Foul Mouthed Spook In 2016 wrote:

Stop letting black guys hump you in the mouth and then dumping you. you won't be so h**eful.

Yo Twat Mouth In 2016

That's your typical response when you've been verbally mastered.

If you weren't such a poor dumb spook, you wouldn't have to resort to such inane profanity.

You can't teach a dumb spook a new vocabulary.........................KUNTA !!!

Progressive One

Wolf counselor wrote:

Yo Twat Mouth In 2016

That's your typical response when you've been verbally mastered.

If you weren't such a poor dumb spook, you wouldn't have to resort to such inane profanity.

You can't teach a dumb spook a new vocabulary.........................KUNTA !!!

yeah, you can't teach a dirt poor white trailer trash c*****r other words besides spook either.

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

A Democrat In 2016 wrote:

yeah, you can't teach a dirt poor white trailer trash c*****r other words besides spook either.

Or a poor pathetic black new vocabulary.

Progressive One

Hemiman wrote:

Or a poor pathetic black new vocabulary.

I made my point. I encountered the bottom of the white race in OPP. I know what I'm working with.

Hemiman Loc: Communist California

A Democrat In 2016 wrote:

I made my point. I encountered the bottom of the white race in OPP. I know what I'm working with.

We have done the the same with you b****s.