Paulites have started actively lying to a ridiculous degree.

[Brittain33]

The MA delegation is bound to vote for Romney. But they've caused the Romney campaign some headaches because he has to devote the MA at-large spots to his friends and colleagues who lost their race for elected delegates spots to Paul's unknown ninja delegates. This squeezes out other Friends of Mitt who otherwise would have gone to Tampa.

[Brittain33]

Guys, unless 1) upon arrival at Tampa, the bound delegates will to their utter surprise by physically seized and literally forced to vote for Romney, or 2) the votes of the bound delegates will be entered in by the RNC as Romney votes regardless of what the bound delegates do, there is no such thing as "bound" delegates. All "bound" delegates mean is that on the first round, they cannot vote for a candidate other than the one to whom they are "bound". But as has been pointed out many times, they can abstain, and on the second round, they are no longer "bound." Hence the distinction between bound and unbound is virtually meaningless.

What are the prospects Romney doesn't get 50% of the delegates bound by the time Tampa happens?

[Brittain33]

The Republican Party will change any rules if they look to lead to confusion about the nomination being Romney's.

[Brittain33]

The Republican Party will change any rules if they look to lead to confusion about the nomination being Romney's.

Can they do that? I thought the rules for each RNC were set in stone at the previous RNC?

They can and will do whatever they like if the rules are going to be manipulated against them.

If they could stage a riot to prevent votes from being counted in Miami in what was ostensibly a non-partisan election, they can exert total control over their own show. They're not going to be undone by technicalities.