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cindy25
01-22-2012, 07:39 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/21/republican-convention-mitt-romney-south-carolina-primary_n_1221350.html

Paulatized
01-22-2012, 08:33 AM
Thanks for posting interesting article and perspective from Steele.
But in addition to that I learned an interesting tidbit about my former governor:

There hasn't been an "open" or "brokered" convention since 1976, when President Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan each went to the convention in Kansas City without a majority of the delegates in hand. In one of the most celebrated moments in modern GOP history, the Mississippi delegation -- managed by a young operative named Haley Barbour -- chose to vote for Ford, even though most of the delegation was committed, in spirit if not in law, to Reagan.

That's not something Haley talks about much, lol.

pacu44
01-22-2012, 08:56 AM
Haley , if not wolfing down greasy burgers, is busy explaining why he pardoned killers and rapists last month...

Haley is your typical, modern day RHINO

The One
01-22-2012, 08:58 AM
Newt Gingrich asked for an open convention.