tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post8135981361208531867..comments2024-03-24T17:01:24.541-04:00Comments on Crazy Eddie's Motie News: The smart money is moving from Rubio to Cruz but the endorsements aren'tPinku-Senseihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-73757266964986653052015-12-24T14:02:54.295-05:002015-12-24T14:02:54.295-05:00"Hardest part is the punchline"--written..."Hardest part is the punchline"--written like a true comedian. :-)Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-90691901792842254622015-12-24T14:02:25.707-05:002015-12-24T14:02:25.707-05:00Rubio and Jeb! not being able to win their home st...Rubio and Jeb! not being able to win their home state is likely to be a big blow, and the one who falls behind the other will likely bow out (so long, Jeb!).<br /><br />As for not being able to fix the mess in a brokered convention legally, have you ever been a delegate to a party convention? <a href="http://crazyeddiethemotie.blogspot.com/2012/08/on-august-7th-i-voted-for-myself.html" rel="nofollow">I</a> <a href="http://crazyeddiethemotie.blogspot.com/2013/02/lon-johnson-elected-new-mdp-chair-after.html" rel="nofollow">have</a>. It's pretty amazing what a clever application of the rules can do, especially if the person they're being applied to isn't particularly up on them and isn't interested in playing along. I've seen it up close and personal, so I wouldn't be surprised if the state party officers and federal elected officials don't try something should the opportunity presents itself, and that was on the Democratic side.<br /><br />The Republicans are worse, even here in Michigan. When the delegates were awarded after the 2012 primary, <a href="http://crazyeddiethemotie.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-up-on-examinercom-article-on.html" rel="nofollow">the rules were changed after the election so that Romney got the majority instead of splitting them evenly with Santorum</a>. It happened again when <a href="http://crazyeddiethemotie.blogspot.com/2012/06/michigan-secretary-of-state-attempts-to.html" rel="nofollow">Michigan's Secretary of State kept the Libertarian candidate off the ballot</a>. Then again, you're in Florida; you know what took place in your home state in 2000. If the party leadership can get the result they want, I expect they will.Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-23009127954486872882015-12-24T12:40:01.549-05:002015-12-24T12:40:01.549-05:00takes awhile to get into CorelDraw, bring up an ea...takes awhile to get into CorelDraw, bring up an earlier one to edit, re-type something funny, change the font for some to apply to the situation, save, export to JPG, upload to blog. Hardest part is the punchline...Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-11490256742597441992015-12-24T12:38:52.391-05:002015-12-24T12:38:52.391-05:00as for the actual GOP horse race, until the primar...as for the actual GOP horse race, until the primaries genuinely start there's no guarantee. But the polling all points to Trump getting most of the early states (good GOD, Trump's leading in Florida with Cruz jumping to second http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/fl/florida_republican_presidential_primary-3555.html), and if he wins enough of the winner-take-all ones (Florida is, OH GOD NO) this whole thing becomes a disaster not even a brokered convention could (illegally) fix. Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-17776906904504484682015-12-24T12:36:58.043-05:002015-12-24T12:36:58.043-05:00Thanks for posting those. After you wrote that yo...Thanks for posting those. After you wrote that you had made the Rubio one, I was wondering where it was.Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-76189473323336972552015-12-24T12:32:22.318-05:002015-12-24T12:32:22.318-05:00Well, as I was in a festive mood, I made other bum...Well, as I was in a festive mood, I made other bumper stickers :) http://noticeatrend.blogspot.com/2015/12/honest-bumper-stickers-2016-episode.htmlPaul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-16227931232298763862015-12-24T11:09:57.662-05:002015-12-24T11:09:57.662-05:00"Stop trying to make Rubio happen. He's n..."Stop trying to make Rubio happen. He's not going to happen." Yeah, I read that on your blog last week. Honestly, I think Rubio is eight years too early. I told a student a couple of months ago that I thought 2024 would be a Booker-Rubio match-up. That could still happen, although I might substitute Julian Castro or Gavin Newsome for Corey Booker.<br /><br />As for this time around, Rubio needs both Trump and Cruz to collapse and the establishment to stage a coup. Republicans don't have superdelegates <i>per se</i> the way Democrats do, but they have the equivalent and they could tip Rubio or one of the other establishment candidates over the top in a close or brokered convention.Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-66362246700814083862015-12-24T10:07:40.657-05:002015-12-24T10:07:40.657-05:00I've been twitter-battling pro-Rubio people, b...I've been twitter-battling pro-Rubio people, bringing up how Rubio's actual polling numbers do not look good, and that going by previous polling trends for 2012 being in third/fourth place in the polls usually puts you third/fourth place with actual primary results.<br />I even made a new bumper sticker just now: STOP TRYING TO MAKE MARCO RUBIO HAPPEN HE'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN ;)Paul Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13092023794397583036noreply@blogger.com