Politico: Republicans are claiming that their party rigged the primaries so Romney could win

[kpete]

Politico says that Republicans are claiming that their party rigged the primaries so Mitt Romney could win:

The list of specific grievances ranges from issues that even the party acknowledges are legitimate, to those that they dismiss as desperate fixations from Romney’s flailing rivals.

For example, the committee agrees that some states that went for Romney jumped the line in the primary schedule, a violation of party rules. But RNC defenders shrug off other complaints, like that they undercut Santorum and Gingrich by formatting a delegate tracking list to pad Romney’s tally, by forming a fundraising alliance this week with Romney and by highlighting a rule that would block an unlikely path to the nomination for Gingrich.

And it’s possible they’ll be other clashes in the coming weeks, with the RNC signaling Thursday its opposition to a push by Santorum backers in Texas to alter the rules surrounding that state’s May 29 primary to help the former Pennsylvania Senator.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74894.html
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/04/06/was-the-rnc-in-the-tank-for-mitt-romney

[rox63]

1. I love the sound of Republicans eating their own

[tanyev]

7. Sounds like victory.

[cbrer]

2. How do YOU spell implosion?

MmmMmm good!

[JNelson6563]

3. Oh dear!

So now that the R establishment has used it's techniques on the rank and file (or at least so they believe) I wonder if they will continue to turn a blind eye to such things? I guess as long as it's against Dems they'll be ok with it. Funny to see them shocked about this.

Julie

[BeyondGeography]

4. Take it to the Supremes

[mopinko]

5. and the dems thought they had rigged '08 for hillary.

and how did that work out? sometimes, in spite of it all, the people decide elections. fancy that.

[southernyankeebelle]

6. What has happened in the primary is going to look like a cake walk. Republicans will cheat

at all costs to win. We must be on our toes and democrats make sure where there is a republican overseer that there is one standing right besides them.

[lonestarnot]

8. Welp he does have a hose and he will travel.

snort.

[xfundy]

9. They like cheating.

As long as it hurts th' libruls. Reap what you sow, repigs.

And th' libruls didn't have to lift a finger.

Sweet.

[customerserviceguy]

10. As long as they keep anointing whoever's turn it is

They'll have this kind of carping. Hopefully it goes the way it did with Senators McCain and Dole, when it was their turn.