Tea partyers push for a GOP floor fight over 2016
rules
11:35 am August 27, 2012, by jgalloway
TAMPA — Matt Kibbe, the president and
CEO of FreedomWorks, one of the top organizations
behind the tea party movement, was at the Monday morning meeting of the Georgia
delegation – attempting to foment a revolt that could undo GOP efforts to keep
tea partyers happy, and quiet.
That’s one reason why Georgia’s
delegation meeting was closed to press. The other: State GOP Chairman Sue
Everhart on Tuesday wants to pledge all of Georgia’s 76 delegates to Mitt
Romney. Newt Gingrich has cut loose his delegates, and Rick Santorum has done
the same.
But four Georgia delegates refused
to sign a document that would allow their votes to be cast by proxy – despite
the pressure of “Mitt! Mitt! Mitt!” chanting by other
delegates.
Ron Paul won no delegates in
Georgia’s primary. But three of the four holdouts have now declared themselves
Ron Paul supporters, despite signing pledges to support the party’s nominee.
Which
brings us back to the rule change up for approval by the convention on Tuesday,
which — in 2016 — would give the Republican nominee the power to vet delegates
to the national convention.
In other words, the rule change would allow the nominee to pick those who will
pick him/her.
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