The Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio from July 18th - 21st 2016 will be the first contested convention since 1976 and the first convention since 1948 to be decided after multiple ballots. The conservative anti-establishment groundswell that began in the primary season of 2010, and continues today with the dominance of the outsider portion of the spectrum will culminate in a chaotic contested convention that will decide the nominee of the Republican Party and ultimately the next President of the United States. This outsiders guide demonstrates how and why the Republican Convention is on the verge of chaos. It shows the key players, the important rules, and the critical states that will determine the winner on the convention floor. People who read this book will know more than anyone else about the most interesting Republican Presidential nomination in a generation.
About the Author: John Patrick Yob Biography John Patrick Yob began his political involvement by attending Michigan State Conventions and Republican National Committee meetings with his father at a very young age, and serving as a page at the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, CA. He served as National General Chairman and Executive Director of the College Republican National Committee in 1999 after participating in College Republicans at the University of Michigan. Today, Yob is known as one of the foremost Republican convention experts in the United States. He has run convention campaigns in roughly half the states across America and managed over fifty Michigan State Convention campaigns including multiple for Secretary of State, Attorney General, and Lt. Governor. He ran national convention operations for John McCain in 2008, Rick Santorum in 2012, and was National Political Director for Rand Paul in 2016. Yob joined the John McCain operation as Great Lakes Political Director in 2005. He was elevated over the next few years to become National Political Director in 2007-8. Yob was the lead Michigan Consultant for Rick Snyder's upset victory in the 2010 Governor's race and once again consulted for the 2014 General Election victory. John built several successful companies over the last two decades at the intersection of campaigns and technology with the first emphasizing Computer and Technology Integration (CATI) in 2001. Additional companies do general consulting, online consulting, online advertising, automated and live telephony, transaction processing, and merchant account banking. John Yob and his wife Erica live at their home in St John USVI with their two children, Cassidy and Alexander. ##