Posted on 04/03/2016 8:37:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
This Tuesday, America’s long-running primary contest goes to Wisconsin. Per most of the media coverage, Sanders will beat Clinton and Cruz will beat Trump, in the latter case derailing his victory march through the states. Sanders may well win Wisconsin. It is, after all the home of Lafollette’s Progressive party and for a very long time its largest city, Milwaukee, had socialist mayors.
As for Cruz, he’s spent a long time there and is likely to win, but it’s not quite clear that this is a major bump in the road for Trump.
Don Surber explains:
With a commanding 289-delegate lead, Trump is on pace to have a nearly 400-delegate lead in Cleveland and is likely to have 1,200 of the 1,237 needed for an indisputable victory, according to FiveThirtyEight Politics.Trump has 752 delegates and Cruz has 463. But the lead is even wider than it appears to be.
Economist Nate Silver, who started the site eight years ago, for this race figured out the path to the nomination individually for each candidate, state by state. For example, Trump is expected to do better in New York than Cruz, who was expected to do better than Trump in Texas. It is an interesting theory
At this point, Trump needed to be at 789 delegates. He is at 752. So he is on pace for 1,200 delegates.
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“Cruz will beat Trump...derailing his victory march through the states.” “As for Cruz. he’s...likely to win, but it’s not quite clear that this is a major bump in the road for Trump.”
Clarice - make up your mind!
What WI amounts to is that Trump won’t be able to run the table, hardly means he won’t win the majority of states as he already has demonstrated.
Ryan is counting on your vote, so remember, vote Cruz.
Our primary has been 5 weeks ago next Tuesday
Ryan is not interested in running for president
“Ryan is not interested in running for president”
You’re right, he and the GOPE will just steal it...thanks to Cruz.
Writer was stating the media narrative and then giving his opinion
Not interested? Again, what makes you say that?
Obviously you haven’t paid attention. I have
Says you
Andrew Breitbart must be turning in his grave for what they did his site
C’mon Wisconsin Cruz won’t get the majority of delegates. Send a message to the GOPee and nix their wet dreams of a brokered convention. Give the non-politician the nod. Vote Trump, end the charades.
Obviously? Gee, I forgot that since I support Trump, I am low information in eyes of all Cruz supporters.
But with all due respect; actually, I have paid very, very close attention. I was following Cruz presidential aspirations last year—in January because I stumbled across his massive H-1B visa expansion program when I was studying that issue.
If Cruz is truly the Tea Party candidate his supporters here think he is, then he will not be the nominee.
However, Ryan, darling of the GOPe will very likely be...Just like the speakership, Ryan did not want that...he plays “hard to get” and is very coy, but he wanted speakership all along. I predict same thing here.
Oh, and since I lived in Wisco for a decade, I have been following Ryan for years and years—back when he was actually a conservative.
What about Trump now claiming a near sweep of ND?
I think Ryan_O was originally a conservative, but how the favored change; too bad the primary voters can’t figure out squat.
Folks, with Cruz winning WI (if he does), we are truly facing Romney-Ryan II. Imagine how they will defer this time to “the girl”.
And in fact, has no interest in being speaker, either. He said so himself. He can't help it if people beg him.
Trump claims a lot of things
I think Ryan_O was originally a conservative, but how the favored change; too bad the primary voters can’t figure out squat.
As far as the voters in Wisconsin are concerned...there may be a pride of hometown boy factor playing into his popularity.
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