Dreams of a Brokered Convention

Jay Cost breaks down the GOP delegate-choosing process, and spins a scenario:

... if the delegates are split roughly equal among three or more candidates ... It is easy to envision a cycle. The Romney people buy off the Guiliani people by making Guiliani the vice-presidential nominee. That leaves the McCain people out in the cold, so they offer Guliani the presidential nomination if he makes McCain the secretary of state. The Romney people respond by offering McCain the top spot if Romney can have the veep position. And so on.

Read the whole thing, and know this - every political journalist in America would happily give up their firstborn child to cover a brokered convention, moral instincts be damned.

Comments

Might want to wait until you have children (and the accompanying instincts) before such bold proclamations. Wouldn't a brokered convention be the Republican's worst nightmare; fun to cover, but essentially leaving the eventual candidate without any time or resources to mount an effective challenge in November?

Posted by jhb | January 15, 2008 3:36 PM

Good god - not a brokered convention - as it the only way for Jeb '08 to get launched....

Posted by Multiple Choice Mitt | January 15, 2008 4:55 PM

It does look increasingly likely-- and kind of exciting. Isn't it refreshing to think that, for once, the fix *isn't* in??? And if the same thing happens on the Dems' side, there's no need for concern about a time crunch and lack of resources for the nominee in the general election.

Posted by MD | January 15, 2008 10:14 PM