Cleveland
Former Oklahoma senator Tom Coburn would be willing to accept the Republican nomination for president if the delegates so choose, according to a report from veteran journalist Quin Hillyer. Here’s Hillyer:
Hillyer notes that such a draft effort beginning on the eve of the convention in Cleveland is “daunting but not impossible.”
“Coburn reportedly will not openly campaign for the nomination, but would accept the nomination and run with enthusiasm if nominated,” he writes.
An effort to allow delegates to vote their consciences on the first ballot was defeated in the RNC rules committee meeting last week, which would have made drafting an alternative candidate like Coburn easier for those delegates opposed to Donald Trump. Still, delegates on the floor of the convention may yet have an opportunity to reject that package of rules on Monday.
