The Republican National Committee is set to debate a new set of rules governing the GOP convention that would make it harder for a "white knight" to be imposed on delegates while promising sow chaos on the convention floor. The proposed rules would overturn decades of convention procedure based on the rules governing the House of Representatives and substitute Roberts Rules of Order, a far messier but more transparent way of conducting a meeting. Politico: It amounts to not just a changing of the rules but of the rulebook itself, with far-reaching implications, potentially impacting whether party insiders will be able to draft a so-called “white knight” — someone currently not running who would play the role of savior at a deadlocked convention. The proposal is the brainchild of Solomon Yue, an RNC officer and Rules Committee member from Oregon. It would replace the system used at Republican national conventions for decades, which mimic those...(Read Full Post)