Revised 6:28 AM EST. There has been a lot of speculation about what would happen if nobody gets a clear majority of 1,237 or more delegates at the GOP convention this July.  Talk of a “brokered” or “managed” convention, where the “Establishment” foists a nominee on a divided convention strikes me as unlikely.  Such a scenario depends on the assumption that the actual delegates are party faithful who take orders from…well, from someone.  I see no evidence that a majority of delegates fit that description.  It is interesting to speculate, but nobody really knows at this early date. There is a much more likely scenario during the first ballot itself.  I have not seen this mentioned by the pundits who discuss the possibility of a brokered convention.  The Republican National Committee (RNC) publishes rules concerning delegate selection.  These rules bind delegates who are pledged to a candidate based on a...(Read Full Post)