Establishment Gives Middle Finger to Rank-and-File Republicans

[Torie]

No the rules did not change, it was just that the memo characterizing them was in error. But nobody changed their conduct based on whether the winner of the state gets two delegates or one. And the rules don't change just because someone mischaracterizes them. If you want to avoid the risk of mischaracterization, read the text of the rules yourself is my best advice.

I consider the headline to this thread to be false and misleading by the way. It does not comport with the facts, and further contains a fair amount of personal opinion, also not reflected in the linked story. JMO.

[Torie]

Dude... the rules weren't changed.  They were just never finalized before.  The committee was simply voting on the final way the delegates would be divided up.

Of course, the rules were changed. Changing the rules is changing the rules, even if they were subject to revision for whatever reason. Only in banana republics are the rules changed after an election has taken place. In republics, the rules are "finalized" before election day, not after.

The question boils down to this: if Santorum had won, would the current rules had been "finalized?" I think that would have been the case. Romney win 2-0; Santorum win 1-1. That's how banana republics decide elections.

Except that it was "finalized" before the election rather than after, no?