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How to measure prosperity
Fly Title:
The great Republican delegate wrangle
Location:
INDIANAPOLIS
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Two kinds of contest are going on within the Republican primaries
“IF THE GOP does not nominate Donald Trump, the delegates need to be cleansed,” says an e-mail received a few days ago by Craig Dunn, a Republican delegate for Indiana’s fourth congressional district. It was one of many e-mails, calls and messages posted on the local Republican website to Mr Dunn from supporters of Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner, calling him a traitor and employing some colourful expletives. Mr Dunn had dared to say in an interview with Politico, a news organisation, that he would not support Mr Trump unless Satan were one vote away from the nomination. In that case, said Mr Dunn, he would “consider voting for Trump if he was the only alternative”.
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