ClydeR
04-18-2016, 01:08 PM
If they don't let Trump start planning the Cleveland convention, it won't be any good. Does anybody believe that Clinton is not already planning the Philadelphia convention?
Compounding the challenges facing organizers are the expectations of Donald Trump, who asserted in an interview that he should have at least partial control over programming, stagecraft and other issues by virtue of his front-runner status — even if he does not have the delegates to secure the nomination beforehand.
Trump blasted the GOP’s last convention, in Tampa four years ago, as “the single most boring convention I’ve ever seen.” The billionaire real estate mogul and reality-television star said it was imperative that this year’s gathering have a “showbiz” quality — and he cast doubt on the ability of the Republican National Committee, which oversees the convention, to deliver.
More... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/while-the-gop-worries-about-convention-chaos-trump-pushes-for-showbiz-feel/2016/04/17/482cc914-0322-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html)
Trump has privately voiced displeasure with the RNC’s selection of Cleveland, a heavily Democratic city, believing it could become a destination for people looking to disrupt the Republican celebration, according to people who have spoken to him.
At this stage in recent past cycles, a presumptive nominee had emerged and begun orchestrating the convention around his campaign. But if the Cleveland gathering is contested, it will fall to Priebus and his RNC lieutenants to put on the show.
Compounding the challenges facing organizers are the expectations of Donald Trump, who asserted in an interview that he should have at least partial control over programming, stagecraft and other issues by virtue of his front-runner status — even if he does not have the delegates to secure the nomination beforehand.
Trump blasted the GOP’s last convention, in Tampa four years ago, as “the single most boring convention I’ve ever seen.” The billionaire real estate mogul and reality-television star said it was imperative that this year’s gathering have a “showbiz” quality — and he cast doubt on the ability of the Republican National Committee, which oversees the convention, to deliver.
More... (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/while-the-gop-worries-about-convention-chaos-trump-pushes-for-showbiz-feel/2016/04/17/482cc914-0322-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html)
Trump has privately voiced displeasure with the RNC’s selection of Cleveland, a heavily Democratic city, believing it could become a destination for people looking to disrupt the Republican celebration, according to people who have spoken to him.
At this stage in recent past cycles, a presumptive nominee had emerged and begun orchestrating the convention around his campaign. But if the Cleveland gathering is contested, it will fall to Priebus and his RNC lieutenants to put on the show.