Subject: Re: Do the usual suspects respect the NYTs ?
"Attending the electoral process are electors. They are NOT delegates. They are electors."

Ah yes, good catch I meant delegates. I had something longer written out about the electoral college and electors changing their votes, but it went too far into the weeds so I just shortened it and responded to the point about candidates giving their delegates away but I had the electors on the brain.

I used the wrong word, sorry for the confusion.

"Candidates DO, when the occasion presents, sometimes direct their convention DELEGATES to another candidate."

Interesting spin to try and use the word "direct" like it is an order. Your use of the word "direct" is as wrong as my use of the word elector.

If Biden has dropped out of the race he can't order, give or direct his delegates to do anything. He can ask or suggest they vote for a specific candidate, but that is all it is. A request. Now some of Biden's delegates will heed the request to vote for a specific candidate out of personal loyalty or because of a deal or stuff like that, but some won't. Furthermore, as a brokered convention goes on and on and more and more votes are taken, A delegate will become less loyal to the original candidate.

Basically, the delegates are not Biden's to give away (like the person I responded to suggested). Their votes are their own to do with what they want if the candidate they were pledged to is no longer in the race.

This is also assumes that a state has already chosen their delegates to the convention. Even if a state primary (or caucus) has already taken place, the actual delegates from that state might not yet have been chosen. The state party chooses the delegates that could get sent to the convention.

If Biden drops out, the delegates are not his to be given away and any suggestion that he could is simply ignorant and wrong.

"Read more closely; your board reputation may be at stake."

LOL, clowns gonna clown. My board reputation is a stake because I used the wrong word? LOL that is funny. Even more funny if you actually knew me and had any history with me. You would know that is something I do all of the time. Spelling, syntax, grammar, and typing do not come easy to me.

Also odd that you had a bigger problem with my misuse of a single word, but no problem with the completely false assertion of the person who I was responding to that Biden could give away his delegates.