After looking at a few things yesterday, I'm pretty sure the Repub convention will have problems inside also. NeverTrump got put down pretty hard in the rules committee. Also there is a moderate wing of the party that disagrees with the new platform.

What happens inside the arena will be far more interesting and significant. Will the nativist Trump phenomenon simply fizzle out like the Goldwater movement in '64 and the McGovern movement in '72? Will the Bush-Romney faction split from the GOP? What will the GOP look like in December?

What happens inside the arena will be far more interesting and significant. Will the nativist Trump phenomenon simply fizzle out like the Goldwater movement in '64 and the McGovern movement in '72? Will the Bush-Romney faction split from the GOP? What will the GOP look like in December?

 

Jeb Bush has been extremely critical in interviews the past few days in his refusal to support Trump. Also read the Koch brothers still not supporting Trump even after the Pence pick, soooo the NeverTrump movement is not buried yet.

Jeb Bush has been extremely critical in interviews the past few days in his refusal to support Trump. Also read the Koch brothers still not supporting Trump even after the Pence pick, soooo the NeverTrump movement is not buried yet.

The tomato tossers outside the Cleveland arena are of no consequence to me. The interesting aspect of the GOP convention will be whether the Ted Cruz/NeverTrump faction supports Trump, rolls over and plays dead, or walks out in protest.

The tomato tossers outside the Cleveland arena are of no consequence to me. The interesting aspect of the GOP convention will be whether the Ted Cruz/NeverTrump faction supports Trump, rolls over and plays dead, or walks out in protest.

 

Or stays away, ala Rand Paul.

The tomato tossers outside the Cleveland arena are of no consequence to me.

I hope tomatoes are all they toss outside, but I expect rocks, bottles, batteries and maybe a few Molotov cocktails to be tossed around outside. Maybe even a police car or two flipped over.

Edited July 17, 201610 yr by Jumper_Dad

The vote is that most think there will only be violence outside of the RNC.

 

Why is that?

Why do we not expect violent protest outside of the DNC a week later in Philadelphia?

Do Right Wing voters not care enough to protest the DNC with Violence?

 

Are one parties followers more prone to violence than the other parties?

 

I hope and pray that there is no violence at either, but I feel that is a pipe dream.

The vote is that most think there will only be violence outside of the RNC.

 

Why is that?

Why do we not expect violent protest outside of the DNC a week later in Philadelphia?

Do Right Wing voters not care enough to protest the DNC with Violence?

 

Are one parties followers more prone to violence than the other parties?

 

I hope and pray that there is no violence at either, but I feel that is a pipe dream.

 

You answered your own question. History proves left wing protestors are some of the most violent people in this country.

 

Most of us have better things to do then act like children for attention.

You answered your own question. History proves left wing protestors are some of the most violent people in this country.

 

Most of us have better things to do then act like children for attention.

 

Like being at work. Many of the Dem protesters are actually at work when protesting!

Hope I'm wrong, but think we may forget everything that has happened in the past few days, after what happens at the RNC,probably starting tommorrow

Hope I'm wrong, but think we may forget everything that has happened in the past few days, after what happens at the RNC,probably starting tommorrow

 

That is the feeling up here. Haven't met a single person who isn't worried. Some office buildings are giving people days off work.

That is the feeling up here. Haven't met a single person who isn't worried. Some office buildings are giving people days off work.

 

Wouldn't surprise me one bit if we wake up in the morning and something has happened up there

Wouldn't surprise me one bit if we wake up in the morning and something has happened up there

 

Protests already started this weekend.

The vote is that most think there will only be violence outside of the RNC.

 

Why is that?

Why do we not expect violent protest outside of the DNC a week later in Philadelphia?

Do Right Wing voters not care enough to protest the DNC with Violence?

 

Are one parties followers more prone to violence than the other parties?

 

I hope and pray that there is no violence at either, but I feel that is a pipe dream.

For the results of this poll to have any validity, you'd need a mix of responses from both sides of the aisle. Republicans vastly outnumber democrats and libertarians combined on BGP.

No matter which convention will have more violence you can be assured that it will be democrats committing 99.9% of it.

No matter which convention will have more violence you can be assured that it will be democrats committing 99.9% of it.

 

This is true. I would like to hear some resident Dems comment on this or debunk this.