Did the DNC just forget this when scheduling their convention?
No, when this happened in the past states made exceptions. Ohio Republicans are just being obstinate right now, just like their nominee.
Relying on the goodwill of republicans to make an exception seems like a poor strategy. This is an unforced error that could have been avoided.
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For the last century, it’s been commonplace for officials in both parties to make scheduling exceptions. This is quite literally unprecedented.
Of course, everything about the modern Republican party is unprecedented now.
For the last century, it’s been commonplace
We said this a ton during Obama’s time in office. Look where we are now. Expecting things today to play out like they did in the past just seems extremely naive now.
They are avoiding it, by holding the early roll call. Which also has the convenient side effect of formalizing the nomination before the convention, eliminating any unpleasantness at the convention itself.
Which shows how useless it is for the Ohio Republicans to be dragging their feet. The Democratic Nominee was always going to be on the ballot in Ohio. All the Republicans are doing is wasting everyone’s time, and giving 24-hour news stations more meaningless things to use to fill time.
Which shows how useless it is for the Ohio Republicans to be dragging their feet.
Dragging feet is Ohio Republicans favorite pastime:
- School funding model ruled unconstitutional? Ohio Republicans (who hold both the legislature and Governors office) simply ignore it for literally 30 years now source
- Republican drawn Congressional districts ruled gerrymanderred by the Ohio Supreme court requiring redrawing. Ohio Republicans simply draw another gerrymandered version, and sit on it until the election forcing a gerrymandered disctrict map to be used. And the GOP won maintaining control source
- Republicans violate their own rule to run out-of-ban special election to try to change the rules on State Ballot Referrendum trying to make it too hard to pass with just voter efforts. source
- After voters get a Reproductive rights constitutional amendment on the ballot, Republican Attorney General change the wording of the language to make it more inflammatory. source
- Ohio voters successfully amended the state consitution to include the reproductive rights amendment (including legal protections to allow a woman to have an abortion) and the Republican AG is challenging nearly every part of the constitutional amendment. “He slow walks every single constitutional challenge to every single Republican statute still on the books that interferes with abortion access by erecting unnecessary government barriers between a woman and her right to an abortion.” source
Avoiding a very public protest at the convention by the Uncommitted folks.
Anyone think maybe we shouldn’t just put the people who can bundle the most donations in charge of the only other political party that’s a current valid option besides full blown fascism?
There’s no denying they’re good at getting money from the wealthy, they just have zero idea how to run a political party or campaign…
Biden’s been spending millions while trumps going thru a trial and they can’t get the numbers to budge.
Some things you can’t fix by throwing dollars at.
There’s no denying they’re good at getting money from the wealthy, they just have zero idea how to run a political party or campaign…
They are running the political party and campaign exactly the way those wealthy donors want them to.
