Many thanks to the folk at the RTD and the Scholars Strategy Network for working with me on this.
The threat of a convention is real. The country is perilously close to calling one–and no one seems to notice. This would precipitate chaos. There would be no winners. Read on here: https://www.richmond.com/opinion/their-opinion/guest-columnists/mark-rush-column-the-last-thing-we-need-right-now/article_b4b9459c-49ba-512a-9d21-6e923a926161.html This little cartoon from New York sums it up nicely.
Mark Rush 
I disagree with the author’s doomcrying. Yes, a Convention is risky, but it is not necessarily bad and we are at time where we, the People and the liberals and those that pander to- and enable are on the brink of war. A convention might avoid it or, perhaps better, trigger it at a time of our choosing.