tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post8802944451497279760..comments2024-03-26T05:22:08.256-04:00Comments on Frontloading HQ: Housekeeping: Caucuses for Both Nevada Parties Moved BackJosh Putnamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06301836432446874997noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-44363075916513375132011-10-26T10:46:10.800-04:002011-10-26T10:46:10.800-04:00A couple of things:
1) Yes, it would be a story, b...A couple of things:<br />1) Yes, it would be a story, but if the old rules apply, then, post-penalty, we're only talking about 7.5 delegates being allocated proportionally. <br /><br />2) The other unknown is whether there are any thresholds layered into this that are not being reported -- whether someone receiving over 50% of the vote is entitled to all of the delegates or if candidates have to clear 20% to receive any delegates.<br /><br />The bottom line is that I'm not at all sure that we are getting a very clear picture about the Florida delegate allocation. Without that I can't definitely say whether the RNC is bending, breaking or following/enforcing its rules.Josh Putnamhttp://frontloading.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-27393878501350430712011-10-26T08:05:06.608-04:002011-10-26T08:05:06.608-04:00Even if it's split between statewide and CD, t...Even if it's split between statewide and CD, the 2012 RNC rules say that (for a contest held before April 1) the statewide portion has to be proportional, right? If the RNC is now saying that no, we're not even going to enforce that, then that is a story, right?astrojobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643324377144064814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-14566139671938087392011-10-26T07:31:27.854-04:002011-10-26T07:31:27.854-04:00I'm waiting to hear back from the Republican P...I'm waiting to hear back from the Republican Party of Florida on this. The reporting on these rules broadly has been so bad -- not all of it but most -- that I am extremely wary of commenting before I see the nature of the rules changes. Florida has been winner take all in the past but that has been split between the statewide and congressional district vote. If the rules are the same as the past, this is a non-story, but if there has been a change to straight WTA, that is fairly significant.<br /><br />I'll have more later if I hear back from them.Josh Putnamhttp://frontloading.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6719252574677567989.post-89200557933802623722011-10-26T06:47:18.512-04:002011-10-26T06:47:18.512-04:00I'm wondering what your thoughts are on the ne...I'm wondering what your thoughts are on the news that Florida's primary will be WTA, and that the RNC itself approves(!).<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/25/florida-gop-primary-2012_n_1030417.html<br /><br />Does this mean that the proportionality rules for early states, weak as they already were, are out the window? Or is it just that the RNC has no mechanism for punishing states that defy the proportionality rules beyond the 50% delegate penalty, which they're already imposing on Florida anyway?astrojobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643324377144064814noreply@blogger.com