Posted on 04/26/2016 8:52:25 PM PDT by Mariner
As we predicted on April 2nd .
As of today, April 26, 2016, Ted Cruz is mathematically eliminated from winning the Republican nomination outright.
On April 2nd we predicted that Donald Trump would have 953 delegates as of today (needing only 284 delegates for the nomination) and that Cruz would have 550 delegates as of today (needing 687 to win the nomination).
We also predicted that only 634 delegates would remain and therefore Cruz would need more delegates than would be available.
Ted Cruz is eliminated.
It is clear that Cruz was eliminated tonight.
After winning all five primaries tonight Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania Donald Trump has 949 delegates so far.
Ted Cruz finished third in Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware and Rhode Island.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
It’s a beauty way to go!
“...IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAW...”
The writing is on the wall.
Both of you get out you have been eliminaTED.
No, the bird flipper was a little old Republican lady.
And the shrieking, cursing maggots deserved much more than a bird flipped.
:)
I think what Crooze did to Dr. Carson was pivotal. I don’t think that sat well with many people, and it came back to mind strongly when he tried joining with Kasich to pull some shenanigans, again.
Thanks, I couldn’t figure out how Cruz-a-fliction could turn enough of The Donalds’s delegates on the second round to get the nomination.
He can’t.
You guys might be amused by the current BIG headline in Drudge ...
ELIMINATED
Some of the letters are in red: TED.
Related headline.
EVERY county in all five states.
Trump wins every county in Acela primaries [The Hill]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3425109/posts
‘Donald Trump won every county on Tuesday night in the five northeastern states that held primaries ...’ [snip]
[I actually want to listen to Rush Limbaugh’s first segment today and see if he’s having a reality check.]
There are 2472 delegates.
First ballot, a candidate fails to gain the needed 1237 delegates.....then there is a second ballot. Delegates become unbound. Then the pool of delegates will vote. Either Trump or Cruz provided rule 40b is not eliminated. If so, it will be Trump, Cruz and the establishment candidate.
Trump will likely win on the first ballot after coming in to the convention shy of the 1237.
But..there is still a possibility Trump could fail to gain the delegates needed on the 1st ballot.
Ted Cruz is a disgrace. He needs to leave the race as well as Kasich. All this does by The two of them staying in is cause more turmoil for the party. We need to coalesce around the presumptive candidate, get this over with and get on to beating Hillary Clinton. The feelings of the Cruz supporters are of no import to me whatsoever. If they are still sticking with Cruz at this point they aren’t going to likely vote in the general election anyway.
I am basically bored with the whole thing and looking to move to the general election. June 7th cannot come soon enough.
Great picture...
...and busTED.
I added up the delegates belonging to all the other candidates (including Kasich). Even if they all contributed their delegates to Ted, he would still have less than Trump. The Republican party is heading into untested waters. I guess it is the faith that Trump will resurrect this once great Nation that is underpinning his support. We KNOW what Hillary! is and that she will continue Obama’s disastrous policies/fake Laws. We don’t yet know how Trump would govern. But I absolutely believe that Trump does love this country and that Hillary doesn’t. Prayers for the survival of our country, whatever happens this summer and then in November.
lol
That’s where some folks are!
Now that CNN is showing Trump with 52 total delegates likely in PA:
http://edition.cnn.com/election/primaries/states/pa/Rep
Current delegate count according to them, and I have found them to be fairly accurate is:
Trump: 991
Cruz: 568
Kasich: 154
http://edition.cnn.com/election/
As I predicted on the Primary Thread yesterday, Trump got over 100 of the delegates last night.
I expect he will go well over the top (probably by 50 or more delegates at this point), on June 7th.
If Cruz is interested in the GOP (without any “e”) winning in November, then he needs to concede next week after Trump (in all likelihood) takes Indiana.
I pray to God that is what he will do. He has the power to:
1) Unite the party by so doing.
2) Deliver a huge blow to the GOPe by so doing.
3) Set up for a big GOP NOvember win.
My Open Letter to Ted Cruz
http://www.jeffhead.com/Cruz-ltr.htm
I say all of this as one who has diligently supported Cruz...but recognizes the truth of the situation and the absolute need to defeeat the Dems in November.
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