Posted on 04/11/2016 4:35:39 PM PDT by markomalley
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has described as "rigged" the way the US state of Colorado picks its presidential nominee.
His rival Ted Cruz swept the board in that state, where delegates are selected by senior party activists.
Mr Trump is still well ahead in the Republican race but if he does not get 1,237 delegates in the state-by-state contests, he could lose out anyway.
A winner could well emerge from a contested convention in July.
In that scenario, many of the delegates can back who they want to after the first ballot, opening the door for Texas Senator Mr Cruz or even the third candidate in the race, John Kasich.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
There is nothing the GOPe/Cruz can do to correct the damage they have inflicted upon themselves.
Amazing and amusing to see people calling Cruz an “insider,” all the while criticizing him because he can’t get Washington endorsements.
Tell Mitch McConnell that Cruz is an insider.
Cruz has rattled cages and annoyed his own party ever since he was elected to the Senate. All of you know that. He’s the ultimate outsider: no one likes him.
Cruz has no political capital whatsoever.
He’s running strictly on issues and his conservative record.
Imagine that.
You are focusing on the weeds. The Colorado voters are pissed that the delegate count does not represent their will.<<
Well they certainly not focused on Trump running a half assed campaign...
>>Trump Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski fired Trump’s Colorado state director, James Baker, shortly before this week’s state convention.<<
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/08/politics/republican-colorado-michigan-convention/
DK
Wow, that will sure teach them a lesson! I assume you are one of those "If I don't get Trump, I want Hillary" people? Face it, with even the most RINO of the "others" getting mentioned now, you will get at least 1/2 of what Trump is saying he wants. With Hillary, you get everything Trump is saying will ruin American for 30 years.
Are Trumpsters stupid?
that says it all.
“more and more p[people are just getting fed up with cruz here.”
I have said it before and I shall say it again: I am comfortable with Trump or Cruz in the voting booth.
However, Trump constantly complaining and crying about absolutely everything has become very tiring: Megyn Kelly is mean to me. Cruz is a liar. The MSM doesn’t like me. The Colorado rules are ‘rigged’ and ‘corrupt’. Is he presidential or is he a 12-year-old, spoiled child?
I am starting to liken him to the stereotypical, spoiled athlete, thinking that the rules do not apply to him. In addition, if he is financing his own campaign then why do I get emails asking to donate to Trump’s campaign?
Trump and/or his staff knew about the Colorado rules since October 1st, 2015. He did nothing about it and now he is crying about it?
Funny, I was just accused of being a Cruzbot a couple of threads ago LOL.
I despise all the candidates for the GOP nomination.
I despise the Dhims more.
Having said that, I will vote for the most conservative candidate on the slate in the MD nomination in the primary. I will vote for the most conservative electable candidate in the General.
If I were in Colorado, and if I had wanted to vote in a Republican primary, I might be pissed, too. If I really wanted a primary, I would need to get involved in local politics and work toward that goal.
But I’m not in Colorado, and I have no say about how they operate. Nor do I particularly care. It’s their business.
I’d also be seriously annoyed if voters in Colorado (or Florida or New York or Oregon, for that matter) tried to mess with the electoral process in Texas. None of their business.
The Colorado Republican party (not a government entity, but rather a private one which invites other Coloradans to join) made rules last year about how they would select their delegates to the national convention.
The Trump campaign ignored those rules. The Cruz campaign didn’t. Simple as that. Trump lost. Trump pitched a fit, tried to blame Cruz for his own failure.
Doesn’t matter how much Trump whines, he’s the loser here. I doubt anyone will even remember it by August, no matter how many ugly insults Trump tosses as he unwinds.
Trump has 37% of the votes and 45% of the delegates. What’s the bitchin’ about?
Well, it is becoming increasingly obvious that whatever ails the American political system - and there is plenty that ails it! - Donald the Unready is not the cure. I think it is more than evident that: 1) Trump did not take this whole thing seriously at the beginning. 2) When he struck a chord with a large number of the the truly and rightly angry voters, even he was surprised. 3) When he saw that he was actually in a position to win the nomination, he assumed that it was his; and led his followers to believe that it was his by right. 4) When he saw a bit later that the GOPe was not going to go down easily and that some of his rivals for the nomination were not going to just quit in the middle of a race, he tried to win with bluster, bad-mouthing, accusations of bad faith, and little serious attempt to learn and grow himself. 5) He is very, very quick to cry “foul” on others; and he likes to shift blame. 6) He is, by his unpreparedness and willingness to blame those he will need as allies for the general election, going the Demos work for them. All of which makes you wonder ...
I am sorry, Trumpsters, if this is a demonstration of his level of perception and effort, he would make a poor president. So, get mad all you want and whomever you want. Your hero is the one holding the bag on this one.
And, yes, if he is the nominee, I will vote for him, even though he is certain either to lose (most likely) or, if he wins, to be a very unprepared and erratic president, which pretty much guarantees his failure. In doing so, he will leave the elite in a more powerful position than that in which he found them.
Trump’s idea of campaigning is get on a plane and have a rally where the media clamber to video and stream. Trump doesn’t pay a dime for the free publicity. He finishes his rally climbs on his plane and leaves.
He has NOT done the ground game. If he now calls his opponent a stealing lying fool, it will not work. The Republican Party in each state make the rules and these rules are well known to those who are active in the party.
He didn’t do his homework, or his advisers are inept.
The fact that his 2 children did not register as Republicans to vote for their Dad tells me that they are all playing at this, “running for President” thing!
Cruz has played this brilliantly whether they like it or not. Just don’t know that it will give him the win, but one thing is for certain, he wants this and is willing to do the work.
I’m convinced he did not intend for this thing to get to this point. I’m convinced his goal was to knock Jeb out because he and the Bush family hate each other. He knocked Jeb out and we’re all glad about it. Now he can’t figure out how to unwind this thing without looking bad. And, he thinks it’s pretty cool to act like a rock star.
Trump is running as a reformer — of course he will show the things he doesn’t like in the ugliest possible light. He might have even permitted this to happen for that very purpose.
You are too logical. Don’t you know Bankrupt Donald is entitled to those delegates because, um, well, just because he wants them.
Gotta give you credit: that’s easily the most creative excuse I’ve heard in a while. Absurd, but good try! Stand by your man.
Most creative excuse?
What was the evidence you wanted to see that Trump made a proportionate effort for Colorado’s handful?
It could really have BEEN a good ole boy club there and Trump saw less point in trying to bust it by main force than in shaming it afterwards.
“I keep saying, Trump should just blow off the GOP and start his independent candidacy now. Why wait?”
Why didn’t he do it in the first place?
You are.
It's an old and famous problem in game theory. You are looking for the well-known Nash equilibrium in a game of prisoner's dilemma. But this is a repeat game, We have been screwed by the party once too often, and now we do what we are told to do by the theory of human cooperation. We defect and punish those who betrayed us. Then next time we will be taken seriously. Ryan's omnibus budget was the very sat straw
I’m not to sure about that...
A recent poll said 66 % of Trump supporters would vote for the nominee...other than Trump..
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