Posted on 04/07/2016 3:09:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Utah Sen. Mike Lee said he believes Ted Cruz would be the GOP presidential nominee if the convention is contested.
"On successive ballots, I think victory is more likely to go to Ted Cruz," Lee, who is a backer of the Texas senator, said during a radio interview Wednesday. "We have to remember that most Republicans around the country have voted for someone other than Donald Trump."
A convention would become contested if no candidate gets 1,237 delegates beforehand. On the first ballot, delegates are typically bound to the candidates their state picked in the primaries or caucuses. On subsequent ballots, however, many are released and can shift to another candidate.
"I would not be a bit surprised if Ted Cruz won in that circumstance, in fact, I'd be surprised if he didn't. On second ballots, on successive ballots, you're going to see more and more delegates moving to Ted Cruz," Lee said.
Donald Trump leads the pack with 743 delegates, followed by Cruz, who has 517, according to Bloomberg's count. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who left the race last month after a loss in his home state, has 171 delegates, followed by John Kasich, who has 143.
I’ll bet you dollars to doughnuts that more Cruz delegates (bound for first ballot) are Cruz people than Trump delegates are actual Trump people.
Cruz has been preparing for this for years. Forming relationships. Visiting states. Working together with others.
Trump found out about this “who the delegates really are” issue last week! He hired a guy today!
What do you think?
Why do you think delegate manipulation rather than voters should be ones deciding the nominee?
Disenfranchising the voters guarantees a loss in the general.
Lee is a Mormon:
‘Senator Mike Lee, the junior senator from Utah, gave an interview for reason.com in which he discussed the Tea Party faction of the Republican party, the struggles the Republican party is having in connecting with young voters and how his Mormon faith influences his world view.’
http://lds.net/blog/buzz/senator-mike-lee-mormonism/
Yeah, or the voters can deliver a clear message. One guy with a majority of the delegates.
I think the tables may soon be turned.
It's up to the candidates, Cruz and Trump to pick loyal delegates, where they are allowed to pick their own delegates.
At least, he can bring in new voters, Reagan Democrats and a chuck of the black vote.And, no one is a better attack dog than Trump.
Ted starts out with the base and loses 20% of it at a minimum by manipulating the delegates and taking the nomination away from the guy with, by far, the most votes.
Ted's negatives are almost as high as Hillary and hasn't even been attacked by the Dems or media yet.
Either the voters pick or the Establishment picks. We’ve gone with the Establishment pick for decades. It’s worked so well, we should do it again.
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Your “theory” that “many” of them had Cruz as their second choice. A “theory” and “many”. That doesn’t make the stupid statement these people keep making anymore meaningful.
But, your post to me does show you think you’re smarter than everyone else in the room. If you and Cruz and Obama all ended up in the same room, how would you decide who’s the smartest? Eh, smart (ass) guy?
If the voters don’t deliver a majority to any one candidate then there is no clear direction. Then the delegates have to do their jobs. If a candidate doesn’t win a majority then he hasn’t won.
“Cruz has failed to bring the party together and he should have since way more people have voted against him than have voted against Trump.”
You forget, most of the unbound are party insiders. They may claim to be for Cruz, but the RNC is their boss,
http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/trump-supporters-demand-ted-cruz-disavow-firebrand-kill-the-gays-pastor/news-story/7ef3873a38600f733b0d5e4e9b1bc904
Never mind, Cruz's are almost as high and he hasn't even been attacked yet by the media and Dems and that he has no chance of winning votes outside of the GOP base.
If Cruz does not get the nomination on second vote and Ryan or an equally offensive Obama lackey does will you cry?
“Ted’s negatives are almost as high”
Ted Cruz Favorable Rating
Asked of 1,076 adults
Unfavorable 59%
Favorable 26%
Undecided 14%
Refused 1%
Ted’s are pretty bad. But the kick is over the last 2 months his unfavorables have gone straight up. It shows that as more Americans get to know him, the more they don’t like him. In two weeks his numbers will be every bit as bad as Trump’s and maybe worse.
Lets be generous, Lets say Trump goes in with 1200 delegates, thats a low estimate by even the Ryan Nominating crowd. Do you really think somebody with his resources cannot afford to influence 37 people of the hundreds there who do not hate him nor are in love with Cruz? it would Probably cost less then an ad buy...
The point is its very likely he wins on a first vote because he can buy the missing votes better then anybody else.
How is that?
The “voters” have picked in every election since 1976. That’s the last time a convention was open.
I an more comfortable with a pick by people who have invested time and effort for the party than with a huckster who decided to be conservative last year. And whose supporters crow about destroying their own party.
Call me funny that way.
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