cruz has come third in so many states now where people actually vote for their candidate that I have lost count just how many it is.
Today and this week he will keep talking about how we should rally behind him and come together , and yet it is he who is pulling people apart in the party.
His ego won’t let him drop out.
ObliteraTED!
He can’t win it outright, but can still play spoiler. Trump still doesn’t have 1237.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/30/upshot/trump-clinton-delegate-calculator.html makes clear Cruz has little chance, but still isn’t shut out from the “contested convention” strategy. Annoying, but still not totally beaten.
Hey, third place is the second LOSER!
Sen. Cruz and Gov. Kasich should go back to be the best Senator and Governor they can be and unite behind the Donald.
ToasTED
He’s so far eliminated from a first-ballot victory, but would be the favorite if Trump doesn’t sew it up then.
So however much I wish Cruz would unify as Trump’s #2, it’s not happening until or unless Trump has buttoned down a first-ballot win.
In truth, it probably won’t come until that first ballot is cast, however, as Trump may be dependent on support from unbound delegates, on winning the GOPe fight to challenge the seating of some of his delegates, and on overcoming the GOPe/Cruz rules fights before they even get to the first ballot.
In some ways, this long period of uncertainty may be good, since the convention is too late for the GOPe to launch a credible third-party run.
The best way, still, to unite and motivate the battling Trump and Cruz voter bases is to ultimately have a Trump/Cruz ticket. Any GOPe pols or voters who can’t bring themselves to vote for either of the two top vote getters arguably don’t have much standing in the base of the party.
My numbers are different than theirs. I had him mathematically eliminated after New York. Before that actually. No one was dealing with the reality that others were still in the race.
It is now a campaign based on an outside shot, and they keep ignoring that Cruz will STILL finish 400 or more delegates short EVEN on the second ballot. And with some states allowing freedom to their delegates after the first ballot, he actually will start the second ballot 600 or more delegates short.
The GOP will see the handwriting on the wall and decide that a new king is better than an entirely dead kingdom.
But we all know that Ted sCruz other women in not decent or honorable.
Didnt Ted say after his WI win the campaign had shifted in his favor and he was on his way to 1,237.
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.
You guys might be amused by the current BIG headline in Drudge ...
ELIMINATED
Some of the letters are in red: TED.
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.
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.
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.