# Road to GOP Brokered Convention 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 6, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-to-gop-brokered-convention-2016/748153 "2016-03-06T21:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-to-gop-brokered-convention-2016/748153/221 "2016-04-16T12:07:24Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > I guess not officially, but he can certainly urge them to do so… but as I said I think its extremely extremely unlikely Rubio would accept such a deal. He’s unlikely to to attach himself to a probably losing Trump in the general election. Rubio is young, he can run again in 2020 and 2024 and 2028 etc etc I find it highly unlikely that Rubio supports Trump for two reasons. Firstly, on a personal level, he almost certainly holds a grudge against Chris Christie and Donald Trump for what appears to be at least some wink-and-nod collaboration in torpedoing his chances at the nomination. Another reason is that Rubio, like the rest of the republican field, would rather keep the republican party intact, even if it means getting drubbed in the presidential race. The party survived Goldwater’s defeat in 1964, and it could survive this one. But a Trump nomination would rip the party in half - permanently. Trump would be a fatal disease. Rubio won’t contribute to that. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-to-gop-brokered-convention-2016/748153/222 "2016-04-16T21:48:11Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > There are no Reagan-quality talents here. Reagan was able to rise above the media caricatures of him once he had the public’s undivided attention. Trump is not electable. > [@Hank\_Beecher](#): > > That’s exactly what they said about Bozo the Chimp’s co-star, isn’t it? > > Trump is way more talented than you are giving him credit for. If not, he wouldn’t be leading after passing the entire field from the GOP’s blind spot. But, Reagan was charming and likeable and had a grandfatherly demeanor. Trump is none of those things. Trump **is** the media caricatures of him and seems to be proud of it. That might be good enough to fire up millions of small-minded angry white working-class males, but it repels everybody else. The public’s undivided attention is going to do anything but increase his support. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-to-gop-brokered-convention-2016/748153/223 "2016-04-16T21:53:38Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I wonder if gavel to gavel coverage is going to happen given the nature of this convention, and what kind of ratings it’ll get? It will get very high ratings – because of clubs, not gavels. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-to-gop-brokered-convention-2016/748153/224 "2016-05-11T16:51:03Z")
[Trump Supporter Still Planning On Rioting At National Convention Anyway.](http://www.theonion.com/article/trump-supporter-still-planning-rioting-national-co-52878) More seriously, [James Howard Kunstler predicts as of 05/09/16:](http://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/trumptopia/) > [@](#): > > Voters seem attracted to Trump because he’s so eager to give the finger to the Deep State. It deserves the finger, but it also needs to be carefully disassembled without blowing up what remains of this country. Trump already has a good start on blowing up the Republican Party. Never before have so many party officials dissociated themselves from the (so far) presumptive nominee. I expect to see more extreme measures against Trump to be yet attempted by the party mandarins in the two months before the convention. I doubt you will hear about them before they happen. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-to-gop-brokered-convention-2016/748153/225 "2016-05-12T12:57:10Z")
Attending the convention in Cleveland has lost its lustre for a lot of top GOP’ers: [http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/politics/republican-delegates-back-out-donald-trump/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/11/politics/republican-delegates-back-out-donald-trump/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-to-gop-brokered-convention-2016/748153/226 "2016-05-14T15:32:54Z")
[Rick Perlstein](http://www.salon.com/2016/05/14/the_convention_that_could_have_been_mourning_the_trumpcruz_open_convention_well_never_have/) mourns the spectacle that might have been, and reviews the colorful contested conventions of the past, from 1924 up through 1976. It’s a fascinating read. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-to-gop-brokered-convention-2016/748153.md?page=11)