Posted on 03/02/2016 6:51:24 AM PST by rwilson99
There have been four closed elections: the Iowa caucus, the Nevada caucus, and Super Tuesday’s Oklahoma primary and Alaska caucus. Ted Cruz won three of those four closed elections.
So here’s where it potentially gets interesting. Although the media are looking forward to March 15, this Saturday (March 5) there are four Republican primaries/caucuses: Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Maine. All are closed.
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Guess Sarah’s home state wasn’t happy with her any more, since she didn’t even go home to campaign for Tump!
see post 11
You can take that to the bank.
I was with Cruz, but lately it is obvious that Ted doe snot have a path. When he can’t get his own state by 50% and can’t win a single county in some southern states then it looks very bleak for him.
Cruz and Rubio have no path to victory.
547
If 547 more delegates go to the remaining not-Trumps, Trump can’t get enough to secure the nomination outright, we go to a brokered convention, and the uniparty wins. Again.
This is the last chance to break them. I hope people do what’s best for the country and party long-term. The GOPe has had an active role in destroying American strength and prosperity for the last 30 years. They need to be punished.
It’s time to rip off the bandaid.
I very glad that Democrats, US senators like Mitch McConnell, Juan MeCain, US Reps like John Boehner, Paul Ryan, the RNC and GOPe establishment don't like Cruz.
They don't like me either.
Go ahead and ignore the 27,000 vote spread in OK...
I know some Dems up in MA including my Mother in Law and they have switched over to Trump because they like him better than Clinton and feel is will bring jobs back here as they are fed up of seeing lost jobs and illegals getting their way.
Cruz won Oklahoma by 6 points.
So, Trump already is attracting the RINO and Democrat vote. I can’t imagine how hard left he would go if he gets to be the nominee. And if he wins on a leftist platform and gets a leftist mandate, wouldn’t his “win” be worse that Charlie Sheen’s “winning!” crack? And if that happens, how in the world would we be able to oppose the policies of a REPUBLICAN president who is supported by Democrats and the GOPe?
My God, people, wake up before it’s too late! It almost is. It’s not like we don’t have a real conservative to rally around this time, someone who is eminently electable! Don’t get me wrong, if Trump wins the nomination, I’ll support him and vote for him. But we still have a choice right now!
“Doesn’t that bode well for Trump’s ability to bring in cross over and independent votes?”
Now don’t go bringing in any obvious common sense.
Agreed. Teds whole strategy is get just conservatives which is not enough to beat Clinton.
Ok, YOU tell me where Cruz wins in the general. It seems to me he’ll win the south heavily and won’t be competitive anywhere else. He’s not the great debater we were all told and he’s VERY unlikable (even to conservatives). He’s running 15% in Ohio right now. So if he can’t win Ohio in a GOP primary how do you suppose he’ll win it in a broader electorate? Same is probably true of PA. He ran 16% in Virginia. The big turnout in that state was because of Trump. Even if Cruz wins the nomination he isn’t going to win Virginia. He won’t be getting the same votes that Trump gets, the enthusiasm definitely will not be there for Cruz. Yes, Cruz will be able to get Republican votes in the country but without an expanded core group (like Trump is pulling) he isn’t going to win where he needs to. Just my opinion. At this point it doesn’t matter, I would never support someone who is supported by the GOPe or who works for them. I’m sure many Trump supporters will feel this way, especially if they’re forced on people because the “intellectual elites” don’t like Trump.
Unfortunately, I think brokered convention is exactly where we’re headed. All thanks to Cruz and Rubio’s selfish ambitions.
Indeed.
His own state, a neighboring state and Alaska by a few hundred. Hardly a massive boost
Cruz won’t win squat in those big states coming up like Ohio, Michigan, and Florida. If he can’t make strong showings in states like those it’ll prove his weakness as a national candidate.
With Cruz winning Alaska and Texas, I propose Delegate allocation by land mass won!
I think it’s getting to be a done deal. The only question at this point is whether Trump’s policies are conservative enough to win your vote in the general election. I think he’s opening a can of worms with his trade policies and his preference for regulation and government meddling in the economy but Hillary has that problem as well and on the other issues she’s wrong across the board. As far as Trumps personality is concerned he’s not Mr Congeniality but neither is Hillary and that’s not really what we need anyway. He may be behind in the polls to Hillary but that’s just what we’re stuck with and its 9 months to the election.
And Cruz got 14 delegates and Trump got 12, while Rubio picked up the remaining 11 delegates.
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