Posted on 03/13/2016 11:35:54 AM PDT by Steelfish
Yes ignore the facts then
only a fool would ignore facts and it seems some of the cruz cult are doing that.
Spin spin spin...notice all the “Cruz is surging” headlines before the primaries..yet after the effects of his “I support leftist radicals and blame donald trump for their actions.”
Hey manc didn’t see you on the rally thread:( ??????
No I had to see to a few things here.
How did it go?
Does it really matter, in 2016, wth showed up and when?
The world is in turmoil and you’re swinging start up dates for points?? LOL!!!!!
Carry on.
Lets ignore the hard evidence that Trump is the LEAST electable candidate and go with the anecdotal evidence that he’s the MOST electable. Let’s do the same thing on the question of conservatism and qualification.
Sweet stupid Fantasy :) > Cold mean Facts :(
More complete response to your post yesterday:
March 15 delegates: total 367 up for grabs.
I have them as follows: Trump 238 for a total of 696, Cruz an additional 129 for a total of 488.
Between next week and May 3, the date of the Indiana primary, Cruz will chalk up wins in Arizona, Utah, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Wyoming, and Indiana. He also picks up delegates in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island sufficient to close the gap.
Post Indiana, Cruz also wins in Nebraska, West Virginia, Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota. Trump likely wins in New Jersey.
By June 7, I have them at Cruz 1235, Trump 945.
Clearly, Trump’s opportunities for racking up delegates evaporates when the race becomes one-on-one.
Thank you for doing this. That would quite an upset if it finished like that. I just hope it Cruz is the nominee, he’ll be able to survive the vetting that will sure to happen. Thus far he has been hands off. I hope he is as squeaky clean as he projects. Cruz has had it pretty easy this primary. In the general, it won’t be. With trump, you know all. We shall see how it works out. If this ends up fair, I can see trump and supporters being ok. If not, I’d support an independent run for trump. That 35 percent for trump is a pretty good start.
I heard Cruz say unequivocally that he was opposed to ‘strategic voting’ or any other scheme to try to force a so-called brokered convention. Cruz insists that it must be won or lost at the ballot box. I agree.
Bingo. He challenged everyone in this thread "Show me a poll where Cruz does better than Trump among Independents and "Reagan" Democrats and you may just make me a convert."
I called him bluff and sent him a link to DOZENS of current polls demonstrating Trump polls FAR worse than Cruz with Independents and is clearly the WEAKEST Republican in general election matchups with Hillary. Then I asked the Trump supporter when he would be announcing his switch to Cruz based on this overwhelmingly polling data. No response from him, of course.
Likewise, they always say that they will "give Ted Cruz a serious look" when a government agency "clears up" whether he's "eligible" for President. But whenever that happens and a birther challenge is dismissed and Cruz is officially ruled a Natural Born Citizen by election authorities, the Trumpbots stick their fingers in their ears and change the topic.
Trump supporters must be the same freepers who look at data showing Jewish voters have given 2/3rds of their votes to RATs in EVERY presidential election for decades, while Catholics are a key swing bloc that votes how America as a whole votes (including voting for George W. Bush over "Catholic" John Kerry in 2014, and swinging to majority Republican in 2010 & 2014 as the Dems suffered backlash)... then concludes that the Jewish vote is "in play" but Catholics are "totally owned by the Dems".
Reality, they don't need no stinkin' reality!
If Cruz is as good as you think he is, he will win, end of story. If not, then he will lose, same end of story.
All of free republic's votes will not change that.
But you may sleep better knowing that Ted has a chance, so if makes you feel better, you are absolutely right, and Ted will kick ass in the remainder of the primaries, and of course, the general, and if I may, in biblical proportions.
Polling has been abysmal this year. It's because of the modeling.
Pollsters don't use raw data. They have models based upon past behavior. They plug their numbers into their model and maybe add a little bit of secret sauce.
This is a break-the-glass type of election. Voters aren't acting in predictable and historic ways. I don't believe polls this election cycle, especially polls that strain credibility.
Maybe Trump loses head to head against Cruz; maybe he loses against Hillary. But these polls mean nothing.
Ted called Donald's bluff brilliantly, and Donald slinked away quietly, silent now for nearly a month.
You just plain have to stand up to these bullies, like Ted Cruz ("Mr. 100% A.C.U.-rating") did--and will continue to do. Stay tuned.
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