Beating a dead (dark) horse: Everyone on the bolt bus
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In response to my post from yesterday about brokered conventions and dark horses, Jonathan Bernstein makes the case that I'm underestimating the possibility of a factional bolt if the (highly unlikely) deadlock came to pass: I'm going to stick up for my argument a bit. The thing is: Matt's objections are also objections to getting to a deadlocked convention in the first place. So if they really reach Tampa with no resolution, then that means that the party didn't unify around one candidate during the primaries and caucuses, and they didn't work something out during the two months between Utah and Tampa, and they didn't work out anything in the first days of the convention. If all that happens, then either the rules and norms of the game are somehow getting in the way of cooperation (contrary to what I and some others believe, which is that the rules and norms of the game facilitate cooperation), or that there really is some sort of serious schism either predating the nomination battle or caused by it.
Beating a dead (dark) horse: Everyone on the bolt bus
Beating a dead (dark) horse: Everyone on the…
Beating a dead (dark) horse: Everyone on the bolt bus
In response to my post from yesterday about brokered conventions and dark horses, Jonathan Bernstein makes the case that I'm underestimating the possibility of a factional bolt if the (highly unlikely) deadlock came to pass: I'm going to stick up for my argument a bit. The thing is: Matt's objections are also objections to getting to a deadlocked convention in the first place. So if they really reach Tampa with no resolution, then that means that the party didn't unify around one candidate during the primaries and caucuses, and they didn't work something out during the two months between Utah and Tampa, and they didn't work out anything in the first days of the convention. If all that happens, then either the rules and norms of the game are somehow getting in the way of cooperation (contrary to what I and some others believe, which is that the rules and norms of the game facilitate cooperation), or that there really is some sort of serious schism either predating the nomination battle or caused by it.