Oops! No One Told Ted Cruz That Delegates Pick the VP at a Contested Convention

[Snarkoleptic]

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/oops-no-one-told-ted-cruz-delegates-pick-vp-contested-convention?src=newsletter1055528

However, the Cruz campaign didn’t seem to read the fine print, which makes the Republican candidate’s announcement even more of a fail.

“At a normal [GOP] convention, the presidential candidates get a roll call vote, and then the VP gets a simple voice vote. But if there’s a contested convention, things are more formal, and more than 2,300 delegates are bound to a presidential candidate for at least one round of voting, for the most part,” explained Gretchen Carlson, host of Fox News’ “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson.”

But wait, what about the VP?

“That’s never the case for the VP.” Carlson confirmed. She continued, “All 2,472 delegates are unbound when it comes to nominating a VP—meaning they can vote for whomever they want—and it’s not tied to the presidential pick, so even if Cruz and Fiorina want to run together, one of them could end up on the ticket, leaving the other one behind.”

Sorry for the Faux Newz video, but the tasty, tasty clusterf*@k is too good not to post.

[former9thward]

1. Not how it works.

Whoever is nominated will say who they want to be their VP running mate. The delegates will rubber stamp that choice. It is the same whether Democratic or Republican conventions. Delegates are not going to pair together people that don't want to be together. #realworld.

[NV Whino]

2. God, I can hardly wait for the GOP convention.

[Happyhippychick]

3. Me neither. It will be riveting.

[WinkyDink]

4. That State Farm commercial that goes, "Well, he's a guy...."? Yeah, "Well, he's a Canadian...."

[braddy]

5. I'm sure he knows, it just probably doesn't figure into the immediate or long term plan.

[sofa king]

6. Who says they're going to the convention?

They made this announcement now because they're about to bounce out and run as third-party candidates. They won't have a convention so they had to seize the news cycle now, to drum up interest and kick off the signature drives.

[kairos12]

7. His campaign remains on Cruz control---to oblivion.