So, GOP, who DOES choose your nominee? Do you have any idea?

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COMMENTS:
*  Those pesky voters, who do they think they are? The republican establishment can't even be bothered to fake it anymore.
*  There you go Republicans. What you think doesn't really matter. No point in voting.
*  "The party, not the voters, chooses the nominee....."  then why are there any party primaries? Why go to the polls or attend a caucus if your vote .. as a party member doesn't count ... 
*  The RNC is the group that gets to choose who will run for president, if the GOP sheeple make a choice that does not please the RNC. Now, that is quite an authoritarian regime
*  Curly made me choke on my tea. Reminded me of hearing Trump this morning (which I usually avoid like the plague) saying that he was his own best advisor. He talks to himself. Please tell me this whole thing is not real.
*   Politics is about compromise. If an individual who doesn't share the values and ideas of the party they claim to represent, then it can no longer be called a party. That is exactly what is happening with both parties, especially Republicans. Voters are choosing individual ideas instead of the more test ideas of a group. The Tea Party started this and it has led to impasse we have seen. They might seem great to people that the establishment has less power but it is creating lots of chaos. The likes of Trump, Cruz and Sanders might seem like a breath of fresh air but they are unlikely to get anything done because they have so much differences not just with opposition but even with their own party.
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RNC member: ‘Political parties choose their nominee, not the general public’
By Niraj, Chokshi, March 16, 2016

Curly Haugland, a Republican National Committee member, says the nomination process is pretty straightforward: The party, not the voters, chooses the nominee.

In an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday morning, Haugland, a North Dakotan and current member of the RNC's Rules Committee, said that any assumption otherwise is misguided.

"That's the problem: The media has created the perception that the voters will decide the nomination," he said. He went on: "Political parties choose their nominee, not the general public, contrary to popular belief."

Technically, this is true. The nomination is decided by delegates to this summer's convention, not directly by voters. But it's probably not a terribly helpful argument to make at a time when Republican establishment types are openly talking about wresting the GOP nomination from Donald Trump at the convention. Trump has said doing so could lead to "riots."



And the RNC said in a statement to The Washington Post that those delegates must represent the voters.

"Every RNC member is entitled to have their own interpretation of the rules," RNC spokeswoman Allison Moore said. "However, the rules clearly require states to bind their delegates based off of the state’s preference vote."

It's important to note in all of this that the rules governing the convention itself are subject to change: A 112-member convention rules committee will convene at the start of the event and will be able to revise and set at least some of its own rules. Its members — one man and one woman from each state and territory — are elected by their peers. North Dakota's will not be elected until after the state convention in April.


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