Republicans 2016

Party Rules to Streamline Race May Backfire for G.O.P.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/us/new-party-rules-fail-to-speed-up-republican-race.html


LOS ANGELES — When gloomy Republican Party leaders regrouped after President Obama’s 2012 re-election, they were intent on enhancing the party’s chances of winning back the White House. The result: new rules to head off a prolonged and divisive nomination fight, and to make certain the Republican standard-bearer is not pulled too far to the right before Election Day.

But as the sprawling class of 2016 Republican presidential candidates tumbled out of their chaotic second debate last week, it was increasingly clear that those rule changes — from limiting the number of debates to adjusting how delegates are allocated — had failed to bring to the nominating process the order and speed that party leaders had craved.

In interviews, Republican leaders and strategists said that rather than having a presumptive nominee by early 2016, who could turn to the tasks of raising money and making the case against the Democratic candidates, it was doubtful that a candidate would be in place before late spring — or even before Republicans gather for their convention in Cleveland in July.
 
Party Rules to Streamline Race May Backfire for G.O.P.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/us/new-party-rules-fail-to-speed-up-republican-race.html

LOS ANGELES — When gloomy Republican Party leaders regrouped after President Obama’s 2012 re-election, they were intent on enhancing the party’s chances of winning back the White House. The result: new rules to head off a prolonged and divisive nomination fight, and to make certain the Republican standard-bearer is not pulled too far to the right before Election Day.

But as the sprawling class of 2016 Republican presidential candidates tumbled out of their chaotic second debate last week, it was increasingly clear that those rule changes — from limiting the number of debates to adjusting how delegates are allocated — had failed to bring to the nominating process the order and speed that party leaders had craved.

In interviews, Republican leaders and strategists said that rather than having a presumptive nominee by early 2016, who could turn to the tasks of raising money and making the case against the Democratic candidates, it was doubtful that a candidate would be in place before late spring — or even before Republicans gather for their convention in Cleveland in July.

The GOP's rule changes were designed with one goal in mind: Ensuring John Ellis Bush becomes the party's nominee with only 15 - 20% support. The RNC have made it virtually impossible for any other candidate to acquire enough delegates to win.

If there was ever any doubt about the level of corruption within the Republican party, the extent to which the RNC are willing to go in order to rig the game to elect their candidate should put it to rest.

http://theconservativetreehouse.com...ow-they-impact-the-2016-presidential-primary/
 
How Donald Trump destroyed Scott Walker’s presidential chances
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...destroyed-scott-walkers-presidential-chances/


Wisconsin Gov.Scott Walker's decision to end his presidential bid months before a single vote had been cast in the 2016 race signals the challenge posed by a personality-heavy contest dominated in recent months by reality TV star and real estate mogul Donald Trump.

Walker's bland Midwesternness had long been touted by his campaign as the key to his appeal in the contest -- a regular guy amid a sea of candidates who simply didn't empathize with the average voter in Iowa and New Hampshire. And Walker showed enough personality -- particularly in a forceful address at an Iowa Freedom Summit event in January -- that the political establishment and, to a certain extent, Republican voters (especially in Iowa) seemed to buy what the Wisconsin governor was selling.

But, that calculation was pre-Trump. From the day Trump entered the race in mid-June, Walker struggled to find his footing in a race in which the "star" was no longer Jeb Bush -- a relatively conventional opponent -- but rather an entertainer who would say and do anything to draw attention.
 
‘This wasn’t an abortion': CNN forces anti-Planned Parenthood group to admit Fiorina was wrong
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/thi...-parenthood-group-to-admit-fiorina-was-wrong/

David Daleiden, the project lead Center for Medical Progress’ anti-Planned Parenthood campaign, admitted on Wednesday that an alleged fetus on a table that GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina described to during a graphic anti-abortion rant was actually from a miscarriage.
 
The Republican Party stands alone in climate denial
http://www.theguardian.com/environm...publican-party-stands-alone-in-climate-denial


A paper published in the journal Politics and Policy by Sondre Båtstrand at the University of Bergen in Norway compared the climate positions of conservative political parties around the world. Båtstrand examined the platforms or manifestos of the conservative parties from the USA, UK, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Germany. He found that the US Republican Party stands alone in its rejection of the need to tackle climate change and efforts to become the party of climate supervillains.
 

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