Ben Carson threatens to leave Republican Party

One – Donald Trump either gets enough delegates on the first ballot, or is able to coalesce enough support to earn the nomination, through the brokering process.

There are three possible outcomes of a Brok[er]ed Convention.

If it happens, it would be the first floor fight for the presidential nomination of a major party since President Ford held off an insurgent challenge from Ronald Reagan in Kansas City, Mo., in 1976.

Brokered convention story has swallowed my day.

Today, the party establishment is panicked about the rise of insurgent candidates.

“I’m prepared to lose fair and square… but I will not sit back and watch a theft”, He continued.

Steve Pope/Getty Images Donald Trump is leading the polls for the Republican presidential nomination.

Carson reiterated his pledge not to run against the Republican nominee during an appearance on Fox News’ Your World with Neil Cavuto later Friday, saying “I would never do that”.

Other Republicans might agree but haven’t come out and said it.

“So it’s very important for me to win Iowa”, Trump said during a campaign event in the Varied Industries Building on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. He added: “Not a goddamn vote has been cast and they’re already meeting to see what they can do to tilt the table”.

Bombastic comments are more the norm than the exception for Trump, who has raised hackles from critics for what they called anti-Mexican statements.

“We have a primary system”. “But if it is, I’d certainly go all the way – and I think I’d have a certain disadvantage”. They can’t start gathering the signatures until after March 1, the date of the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries in that state.

In a statement released on Friday, Carson alluded to the GOP’s concern that Trump will run as an Independent.

So, how many rounds of delegate voting could occur before the GOP picks its candidate? Winning over delegates during those subsequent votes is where the brokering comes in. “In that scenario, who knows?”

Mark Levin: GOP Establishment Is “Trying To Figure Out Essentially How To Thwart The Will Of The Republican Voters”.

Meanwhile, the clock is already ticking for those considering leaving the GOP.

Strong words from a strong contender.

House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters Tuesday that “what was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and, more importantly, it’s not what this country stands for”. Changing the rules midstream or doing something underhanded at convention to block Trump (or perhaps some other candidate they don’t like) will be a disaster.

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.), a co-founder of the conservative Freedom Caucus that pressured then-Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to resign earlier this year, said Trump wasn’t his first or his second choice in the GOP primary.

Donald Trump’s recent proposal to ban Muslims from coming to the United States: Wisconsin Congressman Reid Ribble says that was the last straw.

The extent, to which the Republicans are willing to go in order to put one of their members in office is representative of how incongruent their policy is with the wishes of the American public, and should be a wake-up call to their supporters to reconsider being a part of their party. It’s more real, authentic. “If I’m two votes short, I have a problem”.