It’s often been said, in elections, it always comes down to Florida and Ohio.
Usually, this saying is reserved for the general election, as both swing states are key to surpassing the number of electoral votes needed to secure the presidency. This year, however, the drama in Ohio and Florida are coming a lot earlier.
Donald Trump may have more delegates than any other candidate in the race so far, but he’s yet to secure the majority needed in order to secure the nomination outright. Looking forward, two states stand in his way, Ohio and Florida, which just happen to be the homes of Governor John Kasich and Florida Senator Marco Rubio, repectively.
Should he lose those states, as he did in Ted Cruz’s home state of Texas, the math becomes incredibly difficult for Trump. In order to secure the 1,237 delegates necessary to win on the first ballot of the convention, he would have to win about 70% of the remaining delegates.
Considering he hasn’t yet come close to that number, should he lose both states this Tuesday, a brokered convention is all but guaranteed.
This hasn’t been lost on party officials, who see a brokered convention as the last, best hope for stopping Trump from getting the nomination. See what they can do to snatch the nomination from Trump on the next page:
GO TRUMP
Steal from Mr Trump and you will elect clinton
Think again you bastards
RNC & GOP fossils, go ahead, commit suicide!
that would spell the end of the gop and probably their last chance to ever win the wh. trump is the only one who can win it for them. if they cheat we will vote every one in congress out
THAT WILL BE THE DEATH OF THE RNC!!
Laura, stop listening to all the news and politicians and trusting in God. I will not vote for Trump or Hilary because I do not approve of their actions. I do not feel right in voting for either one of them. I love God and he will take care of my family not Trump . My family will be just fine.
It is said in the social media that Mr. Trump’s phenomenon is a manifestation of the deeply rooted racism and bigotry in the American society. Although this might be partially true within certain groups in certain geographical areas that are overshadowed by history and other factors, the vast majority of American people, especially in the areas of enlightenment, is quite the opposite.
Racism and bigotry are not confined to such groups. They are central factors to the problems, conflicts, and destruction in many parts of the world. However, while it appears that they primarily emanate from ignorance and backwardness fueled by religious and social institutions in other parts of the world, in America they emanate from fear fueled by opportunist politicians who manipulate this fear to their political advantage. For this reason, the supporters of Mr. Trump deserve my sympathy. They are victims of exploitation. Had they known this fact, or once they do somehow, they will return to the masses of good Americans.
As Americans, we pride ourselves of being an exceptional nation. America is a distinctive human experience, or experiment, that endeavors to establish and sustain a republic that embraces all. By virtue of its human nature, it has been full of mistakes throughout. However, what is unique about America is that it makes mistakes, learns from them, and moves forward. We have moved from practicing the worst form of slavery in the history of humanity, to being the # 1 advocate of human rights and equality; from discriminating against the Jews, Irish and Italians, to the # 1 in equal opportunity; etc.
Perhaps it is time to make new mistakes, learn from them, and move forward – though the destination this time might not be so pleasant. Mr. Trump is probably the perfect candidate to give us that opportunity. However, this time the magnitude and consequences of such mistakes can be far reaching. An interesting difference between now and the past is that the US has now established itself as the world leader, not only politically, economically and militarily, but also as a moral authority and a melting pot for the whole world with all its cultures, religions, and races.
In his book entitled The Clash of Civilizations, the late Dr. Huntington warned of a clash between Christianity and Islam. Needless to highlight the dire consequences of such a clash on the whole world, or may be the future of humanity, if it takes place. To preserve the human civilization, and existence, that we share today, we need to maintain sanity.
Despite the mistakes we made over the last two decades, America is, until now, the center of the world. Leadership equals responsibility not only on the part of the government, but, more importantly, on the people who choose such a government. I hope that my fellow Americans, as citizens of the greatest country on earth, realize the fact that such privilege is not a free ride. Our choices will have worldwide consequences that would either sustain such a privilege, or fire back on us big time.
We may either make a sane, wise choice that would sustain our world leadership, or one that would take us to the club of Banana Republics and leave the stage for China and Russia to lead the world!
The Republican Party will lose me completely if they play political games at the convention.
All Americans should be backing Trump not the violent communist mob ..in Chicago …If Cruz was a true American he would be outraged at the denial of Freedom of Speech for Donald Trump … If it can happen to Donnald it can happen to anyone .. One other group is against Freedom of speech …muslims…..And Where Is AG Lynch ..why is she not concerned that Trump was denied freedom of speech by a mob ?….This is not how a great country is run the mob does not get to choose our path .HOW IS IT RACIST To Want Closed Borders And Protect Citizens From Terrorists?
THIS IS A BATTLE FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF AMERICA! … PUT AMERICA FIRST!