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Donald Trump Just Made It Impossible For Ted Cruz To Clinch The GOP Nomination
Washington Post ^ | 04/21/2016 | Philip Bump

Posted on 04/19/2016 11:12:11 PM PDT by goldstategop

How bad was Cruz’s night? He’s losing to Ben Carson in some places — a guy who hasn’t been in the race in weeks.

Cruz can still win the nomination on the first convention ballot, mind you, but he needs to win about 88.5 percent of the outstanding delegates, bound or unbound, per Daniel Nichanian’s excellent calculations. That's not likely to happen either.

Trump isn’t the only big winner tonight! Congratulations to John Kasich, who will almost certainly end up with his first delegate in more than a month. Can Kasich pull off a come-from-behind victory? No. The end.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New York; US: Ohio; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016gopprimary; districtofcolumbia; election2016; gop; johnkasich; newyork; newyorkprimary; ny2016; ohio; philipbump; tedcruz; texas; trump; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: SaveFerris

http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/new-york


101 posted on 04/20/2016 12:38:44 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: goldstategop

There is a God! Cruz should ‘do the right thing’ if that’s even possible considering how far he’s dug in with the GOPe covering his losing bid.

Congratulations to Trump for his resounding win!


102 posted on 04/20/2016 12:39:56 AM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: SaveFerris
this one: MAP: The New York Primary by NYC Neighborhood
103 posted on 04/20/2016 12:40:07 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Democrats outnumber Republicans in NYC 9-1.


104 posted on 04/20/2016 12:42:54 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: Obadiah

Because winning 15% of your own party’s primary shows that a win is likely against Clinton?


105 posted on 04/20/2016 12:48:29 AM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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To: DavidLSpud

“...worthy of her vote...”

Anyone running against Hillary! is worthy of anyone’s vote.

That’s what a vote is for. Keeping monsters out of office.

The notion that a vote is an act of worship, and must be bestowed only on the godlike, is preposterous and superstitious. To write in Mickey Mouse does not keep the voter “pure and undefiled.” It is a vote for Hillary.


106 posted on 04/20/2016 12:50:33 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: goldstategop

107 posted on 04/20/2016 12:54:12 AM PDT by vikingrinn
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To: goldstategop

I been told Trump is counting on a lot of crossover voters.


108 posted on 04/20/2016 1:00:14 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: goldstategop

Yet, the Canadian Cruz will stay in to help the eGOP thwart Trump.


109 posted on 04/20/2016 1:10:26 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Trump will not win New York in the general election. You folks need to quit kidding yourselves. Look at the total primary voting for the two parties.”

You’re so biased against Trump that if God himself proclaimed him the winner you’d claim otherwise.


110 posted on 04/20/2016 1:11:31 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Now you know how the rest of us feel, listening to your endless dribble!


111 posted on 04/20/2016 1:18:02 AM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: RC one

Cruz and his supporters are Dead Enders.

They will get what they always get. Nothing.


112 posted on 04/20/2016 1:18:10 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: goldstategop

The math is wrong. Trump won 89 delegates, giving him 845 delegates. Needed to win 1237: 1237 - 845 = 392 delegates. There are 734 remaining delegates. 392/734 = 53.4%. 56% of the remaining 734 delegates will 411 delegates or a total of 1256 delegates. That’s 19 delegates more than is necessary to win nomination.


113 posted on 04/20/2016 1:21:12 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: WMarshal

How did you do that?


114 posted on 04/20/2016 1:22:08 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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To: goldstategop

Democrats are going to have their problems too at convention.

With what we got on our plate, the only option is a Trump/Cruz 2016 ticket.

It’s the only winning way out of this mess!


115 posted on 04/20/2016 1:30:00 AM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lincoln won on the third ballot.


Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky. Cruz wasn’t.


116 posted on 04/20/2016 1:31:26 AM PDT by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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To: Java4Jay

Cruz came out and said no way to that trump/cruz ticket. He’s going for the second ballot, patriot that he is. Go Trump!


117 posted on 04/20/2016 1:33:04 AM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: Java4Jay

Bernie got what, twice the vote of Trump tonight?


118 posted on 04/20/2016 1:33:11 AM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: Boardwalk

If Trump doesn’t get nomination on 1st round, in order to not go down that ugly road, Cruz should then stand with Trump to avoid the chaos and lose to Clinton.

Cruzer


119 posted on 04/20/2016 1:36:31 AM PDT by Java4Jay (The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people.)
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To: Arthur McGowan
There will also be a Man Bites Dog photo: I can imagine a Trump biting a poor puppy in the throat photo. Those DUMMY Photo Shop wizards will be working 24-7 on that one.

Meanwhile, out of the steamy pile emerges in all her crookedness, der Hildebeast with a taste for new blood:

Wouldn't you like a little bite in the neck?


120 posted on 04/20/2016 1:37:14 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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