Donald Trump Suffers Two Primary Losses Over the Weekend After Increasingly Chaotic Rallies

People Magazine (via Yahoo) ^ | 13 March 2016 | Maria Mercedes Lara

[PTBAA]

Two hours??? How long does it take for the four Republicans in DC to vote? (It figures that Rubio won DC...)

[Farmer Dean]

Sessions would be a fine choice for VP.

[Donglalinger]

[digger48]

The comment section of Yahoo seems to say that people are onto their bias.

Some FReeper-like individuals commenting there these days

[bigbob]

Cruz won 2/3 of the votes in Wyoming!

That’s very impressive until you look at the details. The total number of votes cast was 903,

Cruz got 644.

Trump’s hotels employ more people than that.

[stockpirate]

I think I read 10,000 votes cast

[dynoman]

Trump has something like 20K employees.

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you. I agree. (obviously)

[grey_whiskers]

Post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy. Textbook case.

[politicket]

That’s very impressive until you look at the details. The total number of votes cast was 903.

That's because those votes were cast at the various county conventions, not the precinct caucuses (which were held earlier in the month). Only delegates to the conventions where voting - thus the low number.

Cruz picked up 9 delegates, Trump 1, and Rubio 1. The rest of the delegates will be determined when the state convention takes place.

Wyoming and D.C. are meaningless - for many reasons.

[ripnbang]

Or Cruz “surging” in Florida to 20 points behind.

[PrairieLady2]

Maybe, we’ll see. They were polled Friday and it’s 50/50 as of friday. If that improves and Trump does better than expected, then we can attribute the improvement as a potential fallout of the chicago thing.

I’d like to see NC change their tune also since they lean heavily in favor of Cruz.

The western states are really weird. The people are a bit different from what I am used to..very persnickity and easily offended, infantile even. They don’t like a strait shot, they want to run around the bushes a dozen times in the hope that you won’t really see where they’re coming from, and they don’t want to see you either. The rabbit syndrome.

They see bluntless as rude, and they don’t like it.

[xzins]

Trump was already behind in those caucuses. I am a bit curious why the Rockies doesn’t go for Trump, but I have no problem figuring out why Washington DC, inside the beltway of the establishment, doesn’t like Trump.

The Rockies is an important area because of the people living there. Satellite means they get the same TV that we do. It could be they just identify with Texas. Whatever it is, I admire the area and the people of the area.

[mkjessup]

The S.S. Cruz is taking on water and everyone knows it, except for the band and the true
believers who have finished rearranging those proverbial deck chairs and are singing
"Nearer my Dominionist God to thee"

[heights]

I’ve been avoiding Yahoo recently, it raised my blood Pressure.

[Carry me back]

Lol. Yahoo, jokehoo.

[Vigilanteman]

I am a bit curious why the Rockies doesn’t go for Trump

I was born in Wyoming and think it has to do mostly with the demographics in that area, armed and polite. They are turned off by some of his harsh rhetoric. But if it comes down to Trump vs. Hillary, I can assure you that Wyoming won't be voting for Hillary.

[Shady]

Wednesday Morning they will be in catatonic convulsions.

[higgmeister]

All this VP talk that has been bouncing off of the ionosphere for weeks.

I think this ticket would be fantastic.

It may help that I was born in Alabama and it has been the ancestral resting place since 1814.

[luvie]

Darn! It always seems to come just in time to ruin the end of the weekend. LOL!