What exactly happens if McCain gets 1,191 delegates?

[Join The Paul Side]

Does everything come to a halt and he gets an automatic bid? Or will there be a vote at the convention no matter if he passes 1,191 or not? Thanks.

 

[kirkblitz]

i think theres a vote no matter what

 

[AFM]

I believe everything continues because no one knows for sure how the delegates are going to vote.

 

[TXcarlosTX]

Does everything come to a halt and he gets an automatic bid? Or will there be a vote at the convention no matter if he passes 1,191 or not? Thanks.

he doesn't get them until they vote at the convention. what the press reports are estimated based on popular vote and winner take all states

 

[nullvalu]

Hmm.. So what, then, is the significance of 1,191 delegates? He needs to get 1,191 delegate votes at the national convention?

 

[acptulsa]

There will be a vote no matter what. If 1,191 delegates are bound to McCain at the time of the first round of voting, McCain wins and all the delegates we worked so hard to put in place can do nothing but follow the rules, hold their noses and nominate the piece of scum. We must fight him over every remaining step of the way! He must be stopped!

 

[WilliamC]

My (limited) understanding is that the delegate counts reported by the MSM based on the results of the primaries and caucuses assume that 100% of the delegates will vote based on the popular vote in their State.

Somehow I think reality is a little more complicated than that.

I think that if no one has a clear majority then there will be a brokered convention and many delegates will be more able to vote their conscious, not their State's Republican Party mandate.

 

[acptulsa]

Rules vary by state. Some delegates aren't unbound until their candidate drops out. Some are unbound after one, two or three rounds of voting fail to produce a nominee. And et cetera. Nonetheless, all bound delegates have some way or another of becoming unbound. At that point, they can vote for the best interests of the party and the nation.

 

[MikeStanart]

Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran

 

[-lotus-]

theres no way he will win in the first round of voting. i would pretty much wager anything on that

 

[Join The Paul Side]

OK, so since there is a vote at the convention no matter what, then why doesn't the MSM get off this guys dick for a minute? It baffles me that they act like this is all locked up for Juan McCain. I saw Huck interviewed today on CNN and the dumb wench giving the interview asked him why he wouldn't drop out. Is the MSM affraid of what may happen at a brokered convention? Do they want Ron and Huck to drop out so their tool McCain can win unopposed? Thanks.

 

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Is the MSM affraid of what may happen at a brokered convention? Do they want Ron and Huck to drop out so their tool McCain can win unopposed? Thanks.

Yes, and yes.

 

[nbhadja]

There will be a vote no matter what. If 1,191 delegates are bound to McCain at the time of the first round of voting, McCain wins and all the delegates we worked so hard to put in place can do nothing but follow the rules, hold their noses and nominate the piece of scum. We must fight him over every remaining step of the way! He must be stopped!

If this is the case and they have to vote for McAmnesty cause they are bound to him, I want every single RP supporter running as a McCain delegate to walk out of the building and NOT vote for McAmnesty.

 

[burningfur]

Draft. See you boys in Iran.

 

[nbhadja]

Draft. See you boys in Iran.

Some one will assassinate McCain before that happens

 

[jakedaniel]

Some one will assassinate McCain before that happens

Damn, It's been a while since I last looked in here. Things sure have gotten out of hand! So you disagree with McCain on a lot of things? So do I but talking about McCain being assassinated with a little smiley face at the end is going a little too far, don't you think? What would Dr. Paul think about that? Is that your idea of "revolution"? It sure as hell isn't anything I want to be involved with.

 

[AJ Antimony]

This election is turning out to be the exact opposite of what history would predict. Going into this election, the nation HATES Bush and his Republicans thus anyone vaguely intelligent can tell you the Democrat candidate is expected to dominate in the general election. But what do we see? We see the Democrats more likely to have a brokered convention and the Republicans more likely to have an unquestionable candidate. This goes entirely goes against expectations. You'd expect the strong Democrats to have a stand out candidate and the Republicans to be in a world of hurt trying to find someone who could put up some sort of fight in November.

If I remember my facts correctly, the last time there was a brokered convention was 1952 when the Democrats just couldn't produce a candidate to put up a fight against the easy favorite Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Oddly this year the Democrats are struggling to find a definite candidate while the hated Republicans seem to have a conveyor belt of evil Presidents waiting for office. Go ahead and scratch your head.

 

[nullvalu]

Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran

The Beach Boys should sue him for that.

 

[Join The Paul Side]

Oddly this year the Democrats are struggling to find a definite candidate while the hated Republicans seem to have a conveyor belt of evil Presidents waiting for office. Go ahead and scratch your head.

LOL. You sure got me scratchin'.

 

[No1ButPaul08]

theres no way he will win in the first round of voting. i would pretty much wager anything on that

Wow, pretty bold statement there. If you are serious, at intrade.com the odds of a brokered convention are about 5%. This means you will get paid $20 for every $1 you bet. I welcome you to place the bet, clean up, and donate the winnings to the cause of liberty. Otherwise, please don't make such ridiculous statements.