Live Thread--Wisconsin Primary--Tuesday, April 5, 2016

NewsMax.com ^ | Tuesday, April 5, 2016 | LUV W

[luvie]

Watch Newsmax TV for Live Results From Wisconsin With Dick Morris, Michael Reagan, More Plus, other links in the thread itself.

[freespirit2012]

Yea as a Trump supporter I have been predicting 30 for Cruz and 12 for Trump.. so Cruz picks up 18 overall..

[PA Engineer]

Gotta love the Cheeseheads.

Some Cheeseheads. This is scary.

[mlizzy]

LOL ~ You’re probably right!

Do you ever follow Five Thirty Eight during the primaries/caucuses? Interesting information, and back-and-forth between the writers.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/wisconsin-primary-presidential-election-2016/

[goldstategop]

Look at this way: all the talking heads opined Trump would never be the front-runner.

Whatever happens tonight, Trump will remain the front-runner.

[WENDLE]

ok I appreciate your help. I am dump as a post on this stuff.

[grey_whiskers]

-—Over a hundred hamsters were vaporized by the resulting explosion

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Richard Gere is not amused

"ARMAGEDDON!"

[HamiltonJay]

I assumed from the get go, the worst case Trump only gets 2 districts. And that’s the absolute worst case I can see. I don’t thin WI is going to be a worst case for him.

[Will88]

I think they fixed it. I hope. Its been screwed up all day.

Looks like it. This is the first time I've been able to access FR with the normal address and also be logged in.

[Wisconsinlady]

I have been trying to get on to FR all day, and first made it now! Whew! My extended family is split in half-half dems and half pubbies. I don’t talk much to the first half. But of the Republicans, they are also split 50/50 between Trump and Cruz voters.

[Fai Mao]

“No such thing for Trump. If he wins Wisconsin by any margin at all Cruz is gone.”

I agree.

If Trump loses this state it is not a disaster because he was supposed to. If he finishes a close second he’s done better than expected.

If Cruz loses the state, even narrowly it is a big problem. If Cruz loses the state by a large margin, over 10% then his goose may be cooked.

[goldstategop]

We’ll see.

Worst case he comes in a strong second with 35% of the vote.

Cruz is not going to break 50%.

[HamiltonJay]

Hell no Cruz won’t get 50%.

I’ve believed from the get go any poll showing anyone winning by double digits is a joke.

Whoever wins it will be single digits.

[Hostage]

The women who pickup the dinosaurus Ma Bell landline are welfare queens for Hillary.

I don’t believe in polls, really. But even if I lacked wisdom to believe in them, I wouldn’t jump to an asinine conclusion that Candidate R can’t win in November because of April polls X, Y, and Z.

[MagUSNRET]

If the rumors about his daliances is accurate, then I think his parrish is Our Lady of the Streets

[goldstategop]

Agreed.

WI is not UT and there is no caucus system for party bosses to rig.

[lodi90]

I think Trump’s recent problems stem from an electorate more easily influenced by mainstream media. In the beginning, it was those of us who study the issues and understand candidate’s positions.

As the race goes on you get more of the evening news voters who get most of their information from networks. Hopefully it won’t be enough to derail.

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What’s going on is Trump has no margin for error. He’s getting nuked from every side. Any misstep turns into an ICBM aimed at Trump. Cruz, OTOH, is getting near complete top cover from the Media and GOPe.

[WENDLE]

Yes. John is excellent. I’m sure he is an independent contractor but he has done this before. I’. sure it is an attack. Can you believe how freedom of thought is hated on this earth?

[stocksthatgoup]

Since Wisconsin is GOPe country with Priebus, Ryan and Walker perhaps KASICH WILL DO BETTER Than expected. This primary could be make or break for the GOPe.

[teletech]

I have been trying to get on to FR all day, and first made it now! Whew! My extended family is split in half-half dems and half pubbies. I don’t talk much to the first half. But of the Republicans, they are also split 50/50 between Trump and Cruz voters.

I had the pleasure of having a nice conversation with Jim Robinson on the phone this afternoon about the DNS problem. He of course knew about the problem and assured me it would be fixed as soon as the DNS servers all updated. Thanks Jim!

[over3Owithabrain]

I predicted between 12-18. I’ll be happy with that since adding to what he will get in NY he will still be on pace.

Win or lose this was a good battle for Trump. Took heavy fire, some self inflicted. Learned a lot to take forward as he did in Iowa. Toppling a corrupt regime is not easy and it’s harder the farther you get.