“While the Democratic side chose a long time ago, a primary process and the candidates know the path that they need, the Republican side has no path right now. It changes from day to day, depending on who has a little more influence on the State Central Committee of the Republican Party than the other,” said David Ramadan, an adjunct professor at George Mason University’s Schar School and a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
Mr. Ramadan said neither side has enough votes to secure the necessary two-thirds supermajority to amend the rules and allow for an “unassembled convention,” where votes for each round could be cast on a drive-by basis.
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I ve generally been unconcerned with soon-to-be-former President Donald Trump s postelection flailings. His attempts to undermine the US election results seem like more of a moneymaking scheme than anything serious.
But there are some worrying trends that Trump exposed during his tantrum.
The US economy is still fundamentally broken, the right-wing media is more than willing to subvert the truth, and the Republican Party is undermining our republic.
There needs to be real change to fix these problems.
Daniel Alpert is an adjunct professor at Cornell Law School.
This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.