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Trump’s weak delegate operation could derail his nomination
MSNBC ^ | 6 April 2016 | Benjy Sarlan

Posted on 04/08/2016 11:01:05 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo

There’s a recurring question among the Republicans gathering in Colorado at state and local conventions to choose delegates this week: "Where’s Donald Trump?"

Colorado is a rare state where party officials choose delegates without any input from a primary or caucus vote. The bulk of the state’s 37 delegates will be picked at a series of congressional district conventions on Friday and a state convention on Saturday in Colorado Springs. Prospective delegates can run as unaffiliated free agents or pledge to back a candidate.

"There just doesn’t seem to be any Trump organization at all, to be honest," Dick Wadhams, a former Colorado GOP chairman, told MSNBC. "I do think that Cruz has an advantage going into this convention on Saturday."

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To: AmericanInTokyo

Therefore, Trump should debate Cruz one-on-one.


81 posted on 04/09/2016 9:11:12 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: RedWulf

I heard a saying once....

“If you owe the bank $100,000, then you have a problem.”

“If you owe the bank $100 million, then the bank has a problem.”


82 posted on 04/09/2016 9:12:01 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The GOPe must be defeated.....the sooner the better.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
And it is true.

You probably also heard, “Too big to fail”.

What that really mean too big to fail without a lot of pain to go around.

83 posted on 04/09/2016 9:14:49 AM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Trump and Cruz: A Tale of Two Campaigns, One of Which Is Competent
84 posted on 04/09/2016 9:17:21 AM PDT by RedWhiteBlue (Mama tried)
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To: kinsman redeemer

You personify the downfall of America, cheat whatever but defeat other Americans at any cost. Congrats on your shady candidate’s scores.


85 posted on 04/09/2016 9:31:20 AM PDT by Kenny (e)
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To: Kenny
You personify the downfall of America, cheat whatever but defeat other Americans at any cost. Congrats on your shady candidate’s scores.

You err.

I am not a Trump supporter.

86 posted on 04/09/2016 9:45:30 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

This is all meaningless. Why did we vote? was it a scam to deceive the sheeple. I don’t think voters will forget this. I am sure that the delegates will get hell for months and months. They are quite well known.


87 posted on 04/09/2016 10:10:52 AM PDT by WENDLE (I guess)
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To: WENDLE
This is all meaningless. Why did we vote? was it a scam to deceive the sheeple. I don’t think voters will forget this.

Every delegate to the convention was equally available to every candidate from the start. Some were allocated by popular vote, some by caucus, some by conventions at the precinct, county and state levels.

The problem is that Trump has been competing for only those delegates available via the popular vote. He either chose not to compete for -- or was ignorant of -- those delegates available via other means.

In that respect, Trump took a chance that his intentionally limited campaign could still produce the requisite majority of 1237.

In contrast, the Cruz campaign chose to compete for every delegate available to him -- regardless of how they were allocated. Successful execution of that strategy is what's keeping him in the race.

You can take the two disparate strategies as demonstration of the candidates' decision-making skills.

88 posted on 04/09/2016 11:04:50 AM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
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To: kinsman redeemer
I am not a Trump supporter.

No, you're an establishment supporter, sad but true.

89 posted on 04/09/2016 11:06:41 AM PDT by Kenny (e)
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To: Kenny

Oh come on! People who deal in big sums of money form relationships, good or bad. Trump is an old madam Don’t try to make him into a virgin. The best thing about him is that he is not a naif. He blunders but recovers. I still remember what Gore Vidal wrote about Jefferson in his novel “Burr.” He said that Jefferson was at his best when he was not sure of his footing. Somehow he always recovered.


90 posted on 04/09/2016 11:11:31 AM PDT by RobbyS (```JMJ)
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To: napscoordinator

1273 delegates of whom 100 to 200 will vote for Cruz’s motion to unbind for the first ballot and then nominate Cruz or someone else?


91 posted on 04/09/2016 11:16:31 AM PDT by only1percent ( who)
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To: okie01

This is a fraud. It will not stand.


92 posted on 04/09/2016 11:38:02 AM PDT by WENDLE (I guess)
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To: only1percent

Nope. Not on first ballot.


93 posted on 04/09/2016 12:41:07 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

There is way too much being made out of this.


94 posted on 04/09/2016 12:48:03 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: RobbyS

How many favors do you owe your bank because of your mortgage?

The answer is none because its fully collateralized loan on real estate just like Trump’s loans.


95 posted on 04/09/2016 12:51:36 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Americans need to see this. I wondered why Roger Stone was starting to be shut out by the enemedia and I found this interview of him from Alex Jones. Regardless of what you think of either, Americans need to see this because THE BIG STEAL IS ON!

Trump Has The Power To Expose The Largest Money Laundering Scheme In History

Stone explains how The Big Steal is on from the GOPe and or Ted Cruz. Plus a bonus on how Trump as the Republican nominee would have standing on taking down the Clinton Foundation since he gave to them in the past. That is probably why the dem party/GOPe/enemedia is throwing everything at Trump but the kitchen sink because he would have standing to take down the Clintons during the presidential election.

It's so sad to see so many Freepers participating in The Big Steal since that is all Cruz has left since he has a very little chance of getting the nomination outright.

May I remind Freepers STEALING is NOT a conservative principle as well as a NOT a Christian principle.

SMH, CGato

96 posted on 04/09/2016 1:15:05 PM PDT by Conservative Gato
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Indiana too. Trump is likely to come away with 0 delegates there as well.

Quite a terrible operation Trump is running. I guess he thought he could get there on personality alone. Didn’t seem concerned about the minor details of actually rounding up delegates. If he can’t even run a decent presidential campaign operation, what makes anyone thing he could run an actual Presidential administration.


97 posted on 04/09/2016 1:37:00 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Red Steel

Bet it would have been all important and YUGEE if he had won.


98 posted on 04/09/2016 1:43:13 PM PDT by gbscott1954 (Why not a real Conservative?)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Who needs delegates when you can get the nomination and save time and money by just going on MSNBC every day and then threatening to sue if the party doesn’t hand the nomination to you?


99 posted on 04/09/2016 1:45:12 PM PDT by JediJones (Lyin' Trump, Little Donald, Low-Energy Trump, Pathological Trump...lots of projection going on here!)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

LOL...


100 posted on 04/09/2016 1:54:19 PM PDT by JediJones (Lyin' Trump, Little Donald, Low-Energy Trump, Pathological Trump...lots of projection going on here!)
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