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If no candidate manages to receive a majority of delegates in the convention, then the convention is called "brokered" because a series of votes and deals will be required to actually get a candidate. It will be amazing for the sort of people who post on internet forums about politics because it will be a prime form of political entertainment, especially if Donald "Presidential Apprentice" Trump is involved. On the Republican side, Donald Trump is winning in most of the polling, but with only one-quarter to one-third of the vote. Depending on what happens in the winner-take-all states after March 15th, and especially if Ben Carson solidifies his hold on the Evangelical religious bloc of the Republican Party, it's entirely possible if not likely that no candidate will emerge with a majority going into the convention, and the Republican slapfight will take place on a national stage. The Democratic primary is currently a two-horse race, so a brokered convention is much less likely. If Biden actually runs, however, he would probably take votes mostly from frontrunner Hillary Clinton, thus making it more likely for a brokered convention to happen there as well, thus providing the answer to the question that has haunted so many of us: in the case of a Sanders/Biden ticket, who would Hillary Clinton pick as her VP choice to counter?
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A GOP convention going to more than one nomination voting round is pretty much all I've wanted in life
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Oct 2, 2015 19:48
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What's that?? My god, that's Mitt Romney's theme!
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Oct 2, 2015 19:48
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If Trump gets outmaneuvered at the convention he seems more than spiteful enough to run as a third party candidate regardless of what commitments he's made or hasn't made.
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Oct 2, 2015 23:17
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How long has it been since this happened in either party?
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Oct 3, 2015 13:50
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Pet Rock Band posted:How long has it been since this happened in either party? It's never happened. But the Trumpocalypse could definitely trigger one.
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Oct 3, 2015 17:23
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point of return posted:It's never happened. But the Trumpocalypse could definitely trigger one. didn't it happen pretty regularly in the 19th century? i know 1860 was brokered as hell for both parties
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Oct 3, 2015 19:22
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When we say "never happened" we usually mean "after 1968", because that's when we actually began to have primaries with votes that matter.
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Oct 3, 2015 20:04
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It's almost happened a few times I think that if it looks like there will be a brokered convention, the deals and such will all happen before the convention so as to avoid the worst case scenario
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Oct 4, 2015 03:26
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They'll have settled for Rubio by then.
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Oct 4, 2015 03:41
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if trump was worth a poo poo he claims to be, he'd hold the country hostage like Pablo did if they didn't let him join their club
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Oct 4, 2015 19:44
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Aliquid posted:What's that?? My god, that's Mitt Romney's theme! *Mitt strolls down the center aisle wearing sunglasses and chugging a Natty Ice as "Back in Black" blasts over the convention speakers. *
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Oct 5, 2015 23:50
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Aliquid posted:What's that?? My god, that's Mitt Romney's theme! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuT15bo3iP8
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Oct 7, 2015 19:15
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Tomato Burger posted:*Mitt strolls down the center aisle wearing a sweater and chugging a diet vanilla Coke as "All Out of Love" blasts over the convention speakers. * FTFY
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Oct 7, 2015 21:59
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does diet coke still have caffeine in it?
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Oct 7, 2015 22:36
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Duckbag posted:does diet coke still have caffeine in it? All I know is that its one of the many, many elements that makes up Mitt's life as the ur-square. quote:Which leads to the most pressing question of all as you're ushered into the sprawling kitchen/family room of the Romneys' Belmont home: Can a decidedly nonteetotaling non-Mormon get a before-dinner drink around here? 
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Oct 7, 2015 22:43
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Captain_Maclaine posted:All I know is that its one of the many, many elements that makes up Mitt's life as the ur-square. That's amazing.
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Oct 7, 2015 23:11
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quote:Breakfast is cereal, egg whites, and toast without butter. 
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Oct 7, 2015 23:12
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Seriously, the dude's a real-life Mormon Ned Flanders.
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Oct 7, 2015 23:19
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Wednesday: literally gagged thinking about Mitt Romney's breakfast
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Oct 7, 2015 23:31
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point of return posted:It's never happened. But the Trumpocalypse could definitely trigger one. 1976 on the Republican side and 1972 on the Democratic side were the most recent ones for each party. EDIT: 1980 for the Democrats.
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Oct 7, 2015 23:34
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Mittens would be endearingly square if he wasn't a useless plutocrat corporate raider
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Oct 8, 2015 00:17
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Patter Song posted:1976 on the Republican side and 1972 on the Democratic side were the most recent ones for each party. wait really? there was a brokered convention for the party with the incumbent president? edit: oh god I forgot, it's my main man Teddy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Democratic_National_Convention
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Oct 8, 2015 00:27
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Captain_Maclaine posted:All I know is that its one of the many, many elements that makes up Mitt's life as the ur-square. lol went to Burger King and ordered a Big Mac.
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Oct 8, 2015 02:00
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The ad before the video led me to this: https://store.nwtmint.com/product_details/6401/_Obombie_Obama_Zombie_Coin_mdash_In_Government_We_Trust_mdash_Silver/ 
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Oct 8, 2015 02:06
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:The ad before the video led me to this: https://store.nwtmint.com/product_details/6401/_Obombie_Obama_Zombie_Coin_mdash_In_Government_We_Trust_mdash_Silver/ I'd buy one of these ironically if I had the money.
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Oct 8, 2015 02:07
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reminder that "brokered convention, donald trump the kingmaker" is the absolute most hilarious possible outcome of the primary elections and the most profitable, if you're a liquor distillery
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Oct 9, 2015 23:50
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:The ad before the video led me to this: https://store.nwtmint.com/product_details/6401/_Obombie_Obama_Zombie_Coin_mdash_In_Government_We_Trust_mdash_Silver/ Highly valuable treasure trove of some of the most learned Americans: urbandictionary.com
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Originally read the title as "borked convention" Still just as likely
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