Why Must A Candidate Sign a Loyalty Pledge?
Reminds me of this:
This reminds me of cell phone and bundle type contracts offered by cable tv and phone companies like At&t. They don't call them loyalty pledges but in essences, this is what they are, albeit temporary. Then you have loyalty cards at places like Wal Greens and Pet Smart which isn't quite the same but they do promise discounts and points for sticking with their businesses and shopping there.
Trump did it because he thinks he will be the GOP nominee now and that by signing the pledge that other GOP candidates will be obligated to support his candidacy for risk of breaking their pledge which I don't think it is in any way binding.
The GOP's motivation is pretty obvious, if Trump ran third party they lose.
Trump is a smart negotiator and knew the RNC would never play fair with him without leverage so he held a third party run over their heads if they didn't cooperate with his candidacy and I'm pretty sure they blinked first.
The GOP's motivation is pretty obvious, if Trump ran third party they lose.
Trump is a smart negotiator and knew the RNC would never play fair with him without leverage so he held a third party run over their heads if they didn't cooperate with his candidacy and I'm pretty sure they blinked first.
I think the GOP realized that if he ran third party, they would lose by a landslide just as when Ross Perot ran as a third party candidate.
First the Contract, then the Lawsuit!
While Trump could not be held to it, the RNC could.
Any, we don't go by votes, we go by who we want, the RNC would be stealing the Office from Donald.
Never before a Loyalty Oath. Making up new rules in the middle of the game.
Trump had several thing blocking him. One was other Republicans running. He now has more support than all the political candidates combined.
The Republican Party. A fragile power base, that maintains the power by excluding other points of view.
Trump has set the issues of this election. With a Black Democrat deporting over two million a year, no one can be in favor of less deportations. By the low figure, 11 million, 20% are being deported a year. By the high figure, 31 million, 7%.
The Hispanics voted for the Black Guy who has deported over ten million.
The Media loves Trump, he is click bait. knows it, so he calls them fat pigs and Beaner TV. He makes them the story.
Trump made Jorje Ramos and Univision famous.
The RNC has collected a lot of money to support Republican candidates. There are lots of rules, The Federal Elections Commission, and Trump could bring both into Federal Court and demand an accounting of where the money comes from and goes.
Trump has enough support from the rank and file to take over the Party. While there have been third party runs, no one has tried the Hostile Takeover. There would be more Feds on this one than a Teamsters Election, and Trump can put it under Court Supervision.
The established powers of the Republican Party are not popular within the Party, or with the Public. Faced with a public Court Battle, which will lead the news everyday, or the leadership resigning, Young Turks taking over, and a facelift, survival makes it's own rules.
No matter how the primaries go, the RNC is looking to rig the convention.
While they think a Loyalty Oath restricts Trump, they just signed a Contract with an Expert. One, it is illegal restraint, two it has never before been demanded, it was not voted on within the Party, three it binds parties who have not agreed.
The Convention can be in Federal Court till after the next election. In the next Courtroom, the Republican Leadership, and for the highest Office in the Land, Trump would sue them for twenty billion. Trump will use ten million dollars in Lawyers. Think of the Free Press.
The Loyalty Contract makes that possible.
If this is reasonable, those who want to vote should first undergo a background check, and sign a Loyalty Oath.
There are standing restrictions on who can run for office. Most are in the Constitution, perhaps some more are Federal Law. Political Parties are to obey the law, not make it.