[ExI] Trump suggests not letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat

>>... But those candidates are unlikely to win the nomination.  spike

>...Republicans who would resort to this process, would be morally capable of attempting to coerce all alternatives to either not run, withdraw, or not run very intensely, all but guaranteeing the winner before a single ballot is cast.... Adrian



In the republic party, the nominee is chosen by state level popular vote, then the states send delegates to a convention where the nominee is already known.  In the democrat party, the nominee is chosen by party biggies, which can be arbitrarily super.  It isn't clear to me who chose the party biggies, who gets to choose how super they are, how one runs for that position, or how a biggie obtains additional super.  I have never seen any of it on a ballot. 

The difference: in the republic party, the convention is a formality only.  In the democrat party, the primary popular vote is a formality only.  Both are just for show.

spike