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Actually I was thinking of

Elusive Trope — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:30:54 +0000

Actually I was thinking of Newt, who 1) has a huge ego and would love the spotlight this would provide him, which would lead to 2) more book sales. Throw in the others like Bachmann, Paul, and Santorum and, yes, it will be a fun party indeed.

I think a 'brokered

Richard Day — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:26:54 +0000

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I think a 'brokered convention' would be great.

Without getting into real analysis here with links and such I think Hillary lost because she just figured the 'super-delegates' would end up endorsing her. Meanwhile, the geniuses that Barry had were working hard behind the scenes procuring those caucus votes. It was in the caucuses that Hillary lost. In my humble opinion as they say. And Hillary cared about her party and her country and the convention seemed united.

Paul is really our only hope that all hell breaks loose at the repub convention. He will never shut up.

Now add the half-wit Bachmann and an evangelical thrust by Ricky Santorum and my dream could be realized.

We have already witnessed the perfectly coordinated lock step of the Congressional repubs fall into disarray.

There is something happening here and corporate America is not really keyed into exactly what is happening or how to stop it!

I predict, as long as Paul keeps on keepin on (and he can never be nominated by this convention and no one would trust him as a VP)

ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE.

HURRAY!

Who knows. But an open

Elusive Trope — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:06:49 +0000

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Who knows. But an open convention would just mean that if this was the case numerically their task would be more daunting.

One other thing to consider is the protesters, or maybe a better term would be demonstrators, would not all necessarily be liberal - OWS folks. An open convention would increase the likelihood of conservative demonstrators showing up in order to influence the outcome of the debate inside the convention. This would change the complexity of the Republicans attempting to do preventative measures.

Who is to stop the

Donal — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:03:30 +0000

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Who is to stop the Republicans from having protestors and media arrested-in-advance as they did last time? Obama? Holder? We'll see.

Protesters regardless of

Elusive Trope — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:09:03 +0000

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Protesters regardless of their political stripes tend to seek the greatest amount of media exposure as possible. This makes sense - the point of the protest is to make one's point of view known, even if the message is targeted at a specific target of individuals and/or organizations, if for the only reason to help swell the their ranks.

The media will be there regardless of whether it is an open convention or a formality of crowning the nominee. But if the event is just a lead up to the inevitable crowning of someone like Mitt, most people are not going to tune in to listen to some canned speeches and balloons falling.

But if there is going to be a knock-down drag-em-out fight on the "convention floor" (especially considering the intensity of some of Paul's supporters) with a flurry of backroom-dealing speculation (and the inevitable tales of conspiracies and backstabbing), then it will have the same draw as any reality tv show, except this one will be unfolding in real time and its outcome will have some significant consequences for the American political landscape.

So, yes, it will draw more protesters who know that it isn't just the hardcore GOP supporters and political junkies watching the scene in Tampa. People who the protesters want to persuade and convince. This in turn has the potential to create more conflict between the authorities and the protesters, now more threatening because of their numbers, which only creates the likelihood of even more viewers.

Good times. Good times.

I wonder if a more brokered

trkingmomoe — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 05:44:03 +0000

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I wonder if a more brokered convention, would draw large protests to Tampa? The Democrats know there will be large protests in Charlotte because of banking offices there.