Talk about brokered GOP 2012 convention made me recall California credentials battle at 1972 Dem.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Very interesting. I saw a movie on TCM awhile back with Henry Fonda and Cliff Robinson

that was about a brokered political convention. Fascinating stuff.

It is interesting to understand how primary elections have replaced the functionality of conventions. On the one hand you don't have smokey, back room politics making candidate selections. But the system also places less value on Party organization and makes the process more dependent on people without a strong interest in party politics, but lots of money to buy legislative votes.

I think there is a strong chance that Republicans could be facing a real brokered convention this cycle. If Romney and Gingrich split a plurality of votes, but no clear majority....Paul, Bachmann, even Santorum could become king makers with their delegates. Could make for real fireworks and a bought VP, purchased with delegates.