Posted on 03/17/2016 6:14:55 AM PDT by Enlightened1
After Super Tuesday 2.0 Donald Trump is on track to secure the Republican nomination.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) would need 87% of remaining primary voters to win the nomination.
It might be time for Ted Cruz to drop out and endorse Donald J. Trump?
The New York Times reported:
Donald J. Trump’s series of victories on Tuesday extended his delegate lead and forced Senator Marco Rubio of Florida out of the presidential race. Mr. Trump’s path to winning enough delegates to secure the Republican nomination is not assured, but he is in a strong position.
Here are some ways the Republican nominating contest could unfold. Try adjusting the sliders to see how the outcomes change. Each line in the chart represents one possible outcome.
If Mr. Trump maintains his current level of support in the remaining races, he would almost certainly secure the nomination.
After Tuesday’s contests, no other candidate retains a real chance of capturing the delegates required to win the nomination outright. Mr. Rubio dropped out, Gov. John Kasich of Ohio is too far behind, and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas would need to win the vast majority of the remaining delegates — a near impossibility.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
BTTT
So we shouldn’t let the other states weigh in? I’d be pissed if I was in California and I didn’t get a choice in who the party nominee is.
Cruz will not drop out.
He has been promised a win at any cost so they are telling him, “just hold on Ted, hold on a bit longer”.
He will get 0% in NY and NJ
Why even have an election? Why not just have polls and everyone who isn’t on top can drop out.
Sheesh!
At least he has a chance...unlike Rubio and Kasich who stayed in despite having little or no chance at all.
And just cause your down at half time in a game doesn’t mean you quite playing.
Time to start paying attention to the delegates - who by and large are members of ‘the establishment’. If Trump doesn’t get 1237 on the first vote, the unbound delegates could nominate anybody - even Jeb.
That’s the game now - deny Trump 1237 and ‘fix’ the situation at the convention.....and of course lose to HRC.
They will still vote, but it’s looking very good for Trump.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3410028/posts?page=21#21
Anyone thinks we can’t beat Cankles like a rented mule, look at these shocking primary stats at post #20.
Yawn.
There are uncommitted and released delegates that get to vote too. And there’s powerful incentive to add delegates to help prevent (or enable) rule changes.
The primary is over.
Trump will be our nominee, it’s past time we came together and focused on retaking the white house!
GO TRUMP!
By that reasoning, the Republicans shouldn’t waste resources on “safe seats” against the Democrats. Those who prefer a different candidate should have the option of voting for that candidate to let his wishes be known for as long as that candidate is willing to stand for the seat.
In any event, Trump suupporters should rather see Cruz supporters than Kasich sypporters as delegates.
The Republican party will have a full revolt if that happens.
Pray it does not go physical.
The headline is misleading. Cruz needs 87% of the remaining delegates to win on the first ballot. The number he’d need to win a subsequent ballot depends on how the delegates committed to other candidates break after the first ballot.
If you are a Cruz supporter there are only 3 ways to look at Ted’s actions. First, he is all in with the GOPe to derail Trump and set up a brokered convention. Second, he is blindly naive in thinking that at a brokered convention, the GOPe would choose him or even consider him for VP. Third, he’s totally delusional and feels he has a chance to win outright. Any of the three options should give a supporter pause, but it is likely that Ted is fully aware of the first option and may believe the second. Neither of which is good.
But to me this is all really simple. Cruz has been promised no fight from the GOPe in his reelection effort in 2018 if he stays in to the end. He needs to go and suspend his campaign and let Trump run up the delegates. What Cruz does will tell you who he is really aligned with, but I think most supporters already know that answer.
I agree! We need to have the show go on until at least June! It should be the last States holding the last primaries on June 7 that put Donald Trump over the 1237 mark. Then the DC primary on June 14 will be as irrelevant as the Washington Cartel has been all campaign.
You don’t have confidence that the genius Trump campaign knows how to vet its own proposed delegates?
I’m pretty sure the Cruz campaign knows to vet delegates.
Well, that’s okay. Don’t a lot of Trump supporters want to destroy the GOP anyway?
I’d say probably, yes. A large portion of the states left are more blue and not friendly to conservatives. I doubt he has a hope in hell at this point. How unfortunate
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