Cruz, Rubio join forces in Arkansas to block Trump delegates

Washington Examiner ^ | April 12, 2016 | David M. Drucker

[bobsunshine]

Ted Cruz's and Marco Rubio's supporters have teamed up in Arkansas to pack the state delegation with individuals who'll turn against Donald Trump in a contested convention.

Since Rubio ended his presidential bid March 15, his network of party insiders has lined up behind Cruz to win delegates who'd vote for the Texas senator once they're no longer bound to Trump in a floor fight. Trump won Arkansas' GOP primary March 1 with 32.8 percent of the vote compared to Cruz's 30.5 percent and Rubio's 24.9 percent. But Cruz's canny operatives, with Rubio riding shotgun, is likely to thwart Trump in the delegate election.

Trump's organization is as sloppy in Arkansas as elsewhere, just as Cruz's is an efficient machine in state after state. This could ding the Donald, costing him as many as 25 delegates after a first inconclusive ballot. Cruz, who finished with 15 out of the available 40 delegates in primary voting, stands to gain all 16 Trump delegates and the 9 won by Rubio.

[Luircin]

Logical fallacy: ad hominem and changing the subject!

I know you’ll never change your mind, since you get paid to troll and all. But it was fun to make a fool of you.

Bye!

[for-q-clinton]

Ha you’re funny.

[Luircin]

I try.

[dennisw]

LOL! It isn't the "Cruz Machine" -- it is the GOPe Machine working to grab delegates for Cruz, using bribes, threats and anything else that works. Hilarious how the enemedia keep spinning the "superior ground game" canard.

Cruz is no organizational genius. This Canadian sleazebag has the GOPe doing this for him on national and state levels. The Colorado GOPe chairman showed this in his public statements. GOPe organizations on the state levels being much more important in this delegate theft scam with some coordination from Rancid Preibus in DC.

If Rubio had been much further ahead then the GOPe would be stealing Trump delegates for Rubio instead of Cruz.

[dynoman]

What did I say;

[tillacum]

I voted for cruz to be one of our senators. I didn’t know he would use the senate as a stepping stool to the presidency during his first senate obligation. He did give a good show to the media with his hours long filibuster, as being an outsider. Little did we know he was visiting Iowa and other states on “his days off” to ensure they knew who he was and that he was running for the Whitehouse. He promised us the moon when he was running for the senate. He has yet to complete his obligation to the senate. He’s been too busy running the Whitehouse. I no longer trust this fellow who passes himself off as something of honor. He does not complete his obligations. He’s a first time senator, receives the senate pay check and other goodies, but is on the road campaigning for the presidency, not doing senatorial duties.