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Cruz Delegates Waver as Trump Gains Momentum
National Review ^ | May 1, 2016 | Brendan Bordelon

Posted on 05/01/2016 2:10:15 PM PDT by monkapotamus

Those delegates are vital to Cruz’s quest to deny his rival the 1,237 delegates he’ll need on the first ballot in Cleveland. But as they’ve watched Cruz struggle to tread water in a primary increasingly dominated by Trump, many of them, wary of a bitter convention battle that could rend the party at its seams, are rethinking their commitment to the Texas senator.

Of the ten North Dakota delegates on the Cruz slate reached by National Review, five express serious reservations about backing the Texas senator on that crucial first ballot...

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cruz; delegates; northdakota; trump
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To: monkapotamus

Of course this is happening, you will see an avalanche of devoted Cruz delegates defect. Why?

There is not benefit to being a delegate to the losing candidate.

All of the future power lies with the winning nominee.

Can people rationalize their decision after the fact, especially those delegates who were selected earlier in the process when Cruz was closer to victory? Absolutely.


41 posted on 05/01/2016 3:17:51 PM PDT by GeaugaRepublican (Social Issues....not falling for it, folks. Immigration and Trade to save the country.)
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To: conservative98

Man, it’s been awhile since I’ve seen the Twister Board. Thank you!


42 posted on 05/01/2016 3:20:34 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: W.

I loved the Freak Brothers.

Fat Freddies Cat was great.


43 posted on 05/01/2016 3:24:52 PM PDT by digger48
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To: W.

That is funny!


44 posted on 05/01/2016 3:33:45 PM PDT by heights
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To: Bushbacker1

Since he’s not eligible to serve as POTUS, it’s only fitting that, if he gets the nomination, he gets it from voterless elections. Someone could torture the constitution’s “natural born citizen” requirement into something that would work with winning elections where there are no voters means the provision doesn’t count.


45 posted on 05/01/2016 3:36:47 PM PDT by gg188 (Ted Cruz, R - Goldman Sachs)
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To: monkapotamus

he who laughs last...


46 posted on 05/01/2016 3:40:24 PM PDT by DEEP_e
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To: monkapotamus

” Jim Poolman, a North Dakota delegate who had previously committed to a first-ballot convention vote for Cruz. “But I want to be clear, I think the will of the people does mean something, as well,” “

Oh really Poolman!, well I think the will of the people should mean EVERYTHING, not just “something”. How dare you overrule the will of the people you worthless scum.


47 posted on 05/01/2016 3:42:06 PM PDT by profit_guy
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To: W.

Excellent.


48 posted on 05/01/2016 3:44:06 PM PDT by Mr. M.J.B.
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To: monkapotamus

They want to go with a winner.

Cruz is not that winner.

Not on the 1st ballot.

Not on the 2nd ballot, if there is one.

Not on the 70ieth ballot, if there is one.


49 posted on 05/01/2016 3:44:54 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: monkapotamus

Besides the fact that EVERYONE is wise to the fact that Lying Ted is a weasel of Epic proportions, I’ll bet he’s polling very badly on Indiana.. Just like every other state where people vote.
Where’s that Carly bump??!


50 posted on 05/01/2016 3:46:56 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (#NeverHillary now that we've gotten rid of Lying LOSER Ted Cruz.)
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To: lodi90

Especially considering that Cruz won Texas by just under 44%.

For those who like the 'negatives' view, than means 56% of Texans voted against Cruz. [If that were for his Senate seat, he would not be returning to the Senate.]
51 posted on 05/01/2016 3:50:14 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: monkapotamus

Good find!


52 posted on 05/01/2016 3:54:24 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: monkapotamus

We did NOT have an election here in ND. Those delegates are unbound. Our state representative conducted a straw poll that Trump won. He is a Trump supporter.


53 posted on 05/01/2016 4:04:01 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Hugin

I don’t believe it for one second. What garbage.


54 posted on 05/01/2016 4:05:30 PM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: digger48

Is that Free-Wheelin’ Franklin?


55 posted on 05/01/2016 4:05:54 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: nfldgirl

Garbage?

Count the co-inky-dinks:

Carli gets $500k.

Carli shows up on the campaign trail to defend Ted from zipper issues, while Heidi is in some other state.

Carli gets the VP slot, if there is a Cruz ticket.

Carli only had 1 delegate in her column.

Then, there is that ole adage: Politics makes strange bedfellows.

:)


56 posted on 05/01/2016 4:18:18 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: VerySadAmerican
If this is true Heidi may end up sitting on the side of the road with her face in her hands.
I hope and pray we'll see Heidi sitting in a high-end divorce lawyer's office working out full custody of the girls.
57 posted on 05/01/2016 4:26:06 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: monkapotamus

If cruz won the delegates for the the first ballot, that should be the their vote. That said, he should stop being a slimeball and leave Mr Trump’s delegates alone.


58 posted on 05/01/2016 5:01:49 PM PDT by lovesdogs (Think Mr Trump can't make Mexico pay for the wall? He made the media give him a free campaign)
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To: W.

Fabulous!


59 posted on 05/01/2016 5:44:03 PM PDT by Canedawg (Make America Great Again)
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To: W.

It’s been many years since I’ve seen the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers!


60 posted on 05/01/2016 5:46:26 PM PDT by DrPretorius
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