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**bWxNFI3c** · 08-24-2012, 05:44 AM

RNC attempts to make Ron Paul ineligible for Republican nomination

"The Republican National Committee's Rules Committee voted Wednesday to makes changes to their nomination process before the RNC's 2012 convention next week. John Ryder, a Tennessee committee member, attempted to change the nomination rules so that a candidate would need to have won a plurality of delegates from 10 states instead of five. Ron Paul, a Republican from Texas who has a large following, would then not be able to be nominated from the floor as a Republican candidate for President.

Ryder claimed that he wanted to eliminate "distractions" at the Republican convention..."

"...Morton Blackwell, a committee member from Virginia, opposed the measure. "All we are talking about here -– let's put it frankly -- is the possibility that somebody like Ron Paul would be denied the possibility, after he carried five states, to have his name placed into nomination," Blackwell said. "This is a very bad idea. And we have got to, in this party, treat newcomers fairly. This would be taken as a slap in the face to grassroots people," he said.

Five remains the number of states a Republican potential nominee needs to have won in order to be a potential presidential candidate, however there was a change to the nomination process made Wednesday. Delegates must indicate in writing at least one hour before they vote whom they intend to nominate."

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bWxNFI3c Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 539 Senior Member	RNC attempts to make Ron Paul ineligible for Republican nomination "The Republican National Committee's Rules Committee voted Wednesday to makes changes to their nomination process before the RNC's 2012 convention next week. John Ryder, a Tennessee committee member, attempted to change the nomination rules so that a candidate would need to have won a plurality of delegates from 10 states instead of five. Ron Paul, a Republican from Texas who has a large following, would then not be able to be nominated from the floor as a Republican candidate for President. Ryder claimed that he wanted to eliminate "distractions" at the Republican convention..." "...Morton Blackwell, a committee member from Virginia, opposed the measure. "All we are talking about here -– let's put it frankly -- is the possibility that somebody like Ron Paul would be denied the possibility, after he carried five states, to have his name placed into nomination," Blackwell said. "This is a very bad idea. And we have got to, in this party, treat newcomers fairly. This would be taken as a slap in the face to grassroots people," he said. Five remains the number of states a Republican potential nominee needs to have won in order to be a potential presidential candidate, however there was a change to the nomination process made Wednesday. Delegates must indicate in writing at least one hour before they vote whom they intend to nominate."
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