a "brokered convention"

[Joel S. Berson]

Didn't Barbara Bush broker when she referred to the Republican
presidential campaign as the worst she'd sever seen?   One  could
interpret that, and I think some have, as a request for the other
candidates to withdraw in favor of Romney so there wouldn't be an
open convention.  Remember, this is the Republicans we're talking
about -- why be open when you can go into a smoke-filled room?

Joel

At 3/18/2012 01:27 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Of course, it's conceivable that an "open convention" might, after many
>ballots, become a "brokered convention," with Gov. Palin or Donald Trump or
>Grover Norquist acting as kingmaker, but that's far less likely than an
>"open convention."
>
>More exciting, too, and I suppose that explains it.
>
>JL
>
>On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> > They might go back to "open convention" if we start calling it the
> > "brokeback convention".
> >
> >     VS-)
> >
> > On 3/18/2012 11:40 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > > The news world is rife with yak about the possibility of a "brokered
> > > convention" if no Republican candidate wins a majority of delegates in
> > the
> > > primaries.
> > >
> > > After a few days of this, some journalists had the decency to point out
> > > that they don't mean a "brokered" convention, in which some kingmaker
> > > wangles his preferred candidate into the catbird seat; they mean an
> > "open"
> > > convention with everybody wheeling and dealing for himself.  (I don't
> > know
> > > the last time an actual "brokered convention" occurred.)
> > >
> > > Nevertheless, the preferred term for "open convention" still seems to be
> > > "brokered convention."
> > >
> > > Hopefully it will fade away. But it seems worth noting.
> > >
> > > JL
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