Tuesday, June 28, 2016

On Trump? Don't have a 'Coup,' have a Second Election

   There's been talk of a "coup," perhaps you know, at the Republican convention.
   I partially don't like it. I don't like the idea getting rid of a candidate the people have selected. Oh, I've heard Trump doesn't have a majority of delegates -- and, I don't know, it seems he should, by now -- but he is still the person the people have selected.
   You don't just wash that aside. No, you don't just wash it aside and assume you are still operating like a democracy.
   No, I like better the idea that you send the nomination back to the public. Yes, change the rules. Yes, make a path for dumping a candidate, impeaching him, if you will, a way to call off the marriage, if you want to call it that, before the wedding.
    But, that rule change, should be to turn the matter back to the voters. Call for a new election. Set it for a month out. And, either have it followed by a second national convention, or let whoever the people pick, be the automatic choice of the party. Let stand the primary, without need of a convention. Some have suggested that is the way it ought to be, anyway.

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