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The first rule of the GOP convention is that there are no rules

By Timothy P. Carney
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The first rule of the GOP convention is that there are no rules

It was a blatant mockery of democracy.

On the floor of the 2012 Republican National Convention, a handful of delegates had compiled the necessary signatures to propose an amendment to the rules package passed out of the Rules Committee. Those rules took power away from state parties and disenfranchised delegates for Ron Paul.

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