Sunday, March 18, 2012

The Case for Brokered



Why the ‘Strategists’ Are Wrong About a Brokered Convention






[...] Second, Conservatives, fresh off the birth of a movement they identify with, and armed with a convincing 2010 Mid-Term Election “shellacking” of their Progressive and Democrat opponents, have finally come to understand that if Republicans run Conservative candidates those candidates can – and will – win. But it’s the task of getting those candidates to ballot that is proving to be the trick.

Along with the realization that Conservatives can win in a Conservative-leaning country, comes the ugly truth that the “establishment” Republican apparatus is – just like the Chicago politician – more concerned with maintaining power and “selecting” candidates than doing the hard work of administering to a bottom-up organization – such as the Republican Party was chartered to be.

Today’s Republican establishment is, for all practical purposes, a mirror (or converse) image of the Democrat Party; an organization structured from the top-down. [Brietbart Full]



There is nothing I could, or want to add. Wait.  A-Freaking-Men!





3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Salvato sure sounds like a blowhard to me. You know, those people who don't really understand a subject, but forcefully expound an opinion they see as pure common sense.

The vast majority of delegates at party conventions are party hacks who know how to sell their votes. A brokered convention will produce Romney as the candidate... unless Santorum was smart, which he ain't.

Casca

Anonymous said...

No, he aint. And so what is the goal, really? A brokered convention would be a disaster. All of this and you'd come out with some no name candidate? Or Palin? Is that what everyone keeps bringing it up, hoping for? What a nightmare that would be.

I like my candidates vetted and caucused appropriately. If anyone else wanted to be President, they should have ran like everyone else.

Everyman said...

When did an Open Convention become a sneer-worthy Brokered Convention? The reason to oppose the brokers, the men - always only men, historically - in the smoke-filled rooms is now the routine, with the pros managing (controlling) every aspect of the nominating process. I like the candidates being vetted, too, but by me, not be them.

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