Reply #7: With the proportional delegate awarding you may be right [View All]

[OmahaBlueDog]

Once the curiosity wears off, I'm not sure how an open convention picking someone that nobody voted for is going to fly.

I think it really comes doen to Palin, Huckabee, and Romney. Pence is sharpening his game for 2016; Bachmann, Gingrich, Santorum, and Pawlenty are all auditioning for Veep (especially Gingrich, who would be a handler for Sarah Palin, a la Dick Cheney). Romney is likely doomed because he will have trouble credibly opposing HCR, having himself been the architect of a similar plan. Huckabee needs to convince Palin's supporters that he's a more viable candidate. Trump, who no one is yet taking seriously, bears watching. Many Republicans and GOP leaning indies love the "if only a businessman were in charge" approach. Trump will try to present himself like a Ross Perot, but a Perot who is working within the system.