1.   At the state convention in June, Buchanan supporters refused to seat anti-Buchanan delegates from Dallas and Bexar counties on parliamentary technicalities.

2.   Both national parties refuse to seat delegates chosen in open primaries, arguing that the practice skews the political system.

3.   More significantly, the committee will name the chair to the powerful credentials committee, which decides which delegates will be seated at the convention.

4.   Neither party will seat delegates chosen in open primaries or caucuses, in which Democrats can vote for Republicans and Republicans, likewise, can vote for Democrats.

5.   You were even nominated for reelection at a convention that seated delegates according to a precise calculus of race, ethnicity, and gender.