And when real Republicans try to take back their party, they run head-on into corrupt officials.HankB wrote:I'm firmly of the opinion that a lot of Republicans are liberals at heart, and really didn't like the original "Contract with America" any more than the rest of the GOP platform, and proceeded to undo the best parts of it as fast as they could. (Former senator Phil Gramm even made a speech asking in effect "Hey, WE won - why are we undoing our own platform at the behest of the Democrats?)
At the Nevada state GOP convention, the power brokers didn't like the results, so they declared the meeting recessed (without a motion, second, or vote, as required). It seems they'd rather send zero delegates to the national convention, than to let their delegates vote for the remaining candidate who took the most votes at their statewide caucus.
And at the Nueces County convention, the leaders didn't even bother gaveling down objections to an obviously rigged delegate panel, they simply ignored the howls of protest, gaveled the meeting closed, and didn't care that they were breaking the law.