POTUS Updates: What’s All this Talk of Delegates Really Being Unbound?

By: Robert Eno

With the prospects of a conservative independent candidate emerging to challenge Donald Trump, the #NeverTrump movement has moved on to a new tactic. Based upon a new book by North Dakota RNC Member Curly Haugland, there is a nascent movement to educate delegates on their “rights.” Since Haugland’s interpretation of the rules means they are unbound, this weekend’s column will focus on Haugland’s arguments, the #NeverTrump message and what it all means for Cleveland.
  First let’s start by examining how Haugland arrives at the conclusion that delegates are unbound. In his new book, Unbound: The Conscience of a Republican Delegate, co-authored with Sean Parnell, Haugland argues that, except for 1976 when Ford’s team changed the rules, every delegate to every presidential convention has been unbound. Here’s the meat of Haugland’s thesis.........See more

My Take - Why does this Republican party seem more and more like the Whig party of 1854?