WASHINGTON (AP) — Three top Republican Party officials said Thursday they believe there's a consensus that the GOP should not propose rewriting rules about picking a presidential nominee before this summer's national convention.
Such a move could help shield party leaders from accusations by Donald Trump, other contenders and disgruntled, anti-establishment GOP voters that leading Republicans were conspiring to derail their candidacies.
BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker won't be joining his party in Cleveland this summer.
The Republican National Convention convenes in Ohio's second-biggest city in July to nominate a presidential candidate in what promises to be a messy floor fight pitting New York billionaire Donald Trump against party leaders. While Trump has dominated most primary season contests, trailed by Ted Cruz, the Cuban-American Texas Senator, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich in a distant third, no one has won enough delegates to clinch the nomination.
