Posted on 05/02/2016 7:09:21 PM PDT by NRx
Great tag line. Lost an “a” in the translation.
“Time to move to the general after Indiana. Give Cruz one more day. People will come around sooner if a few vocal Trump supporters on this forum stop their ridiculous attacks on Cruz supporters (even the obstinate ones).”
Good points.
After Trump wins Indiana, I for one will be focusing all my fire on Hillary. I hope Trump does the same.
Ted's campaign calls at least 3 times a day despite being instructed to take me off the list over a dozen times - he's desperate as he now likens his campaign as a fight between good and evil (that happens when we vie against Hillary) and claiming that Indiana is the Nation's (his) last chance to not succumb to evil (Trump).
He's gone bananas with a Messiah complex..
a rehash of numerous rehashes
I agree...it must be painful to throw in the towel and a blow to the ego to accept loss. BUT, there does come a time when you gotta know when to fold ‘em. He could drop out, give Trump his delegates, and make a deal. But it might be too late at this point.
I know his strategy. Even if it were successful, it makes no sense. The nomination of a deeply divided party would ensure defeat in November. Why is he still in the race? Why is Kasich still in the race? They are both nut cases on an ego trip.
Because Cruz is being supported by the GOPE, and the GOPE would rather see President Hillary than allow Trump to win.
It makes sense once you view the Dems and the GOPE as just branches of the Oligarchy.
Watch for surprises at the convention. Like Levin said last night, one is only a presumptive nominee if it appears he has at least 1237 going into the convention. The actual number won’t be known until after the first ballot by the delegates. That’s why the Cruz campaign is working the delegates...there could be enough no shows on the first ballot to fall short of 1237.
But after today...Cruz is done and he knows it as do the rest of us.
The next question to be addressed is what are we as republicans and conservatives to do with him now that it’s over?
At this point, there is no value in gloating about the demise of the Cruz campaign. Frankly, I never gave him much of a chance in my own mind, but he was welcome to give it a try. In the brawl of a tough campaign you begin to see the true character of a man, and obviously Ted’s was not the same as the image he presented.
Now...we shake his hand, say “good game” and move on to the destruction of our true opponent.
That's the scenario I was worried about. Trump needs more than 1237 to avoid such BS games.
I agree with you. The facade Cruz projected sparkled. The reality, not so much.
Amen!
If they steal the nomination from Trump, there will be no GOPe or GOP. It makes no sense.
When Trump wins, Cruz’s donations STOP COLD, thus Cruz will not be able to compete in a huge California media market.
Yep.
Just yesterday Bing had Trump predicted to win 1,330 delegates. Now they’re back to 1,235. I have no idea how that happened. I know it’s just a prediction site, but how does that number get changed so substantially overnight?
https://www.bing.com/search?q=delegate+count&PC=U316&FORM=CHROMN
Very well said, and that’s exactly how I feel.
To be sure, I could make a list of pros and cons for Trump, and the “con” list is still too long for my liking. But there are some big, important things that I would put into the “pro” list as well.
Moreover, if I were to do the same for Hillary, the “con” list would be a mile long, and the “pro” list would be . . . well, she did once own a cute cat (Socks). So, there is that. I’m kind of having some trouble thinking of anything else to put in that list.
So there we have it. A flawed candidate with at least some amount of promise, versus a candidate who could seriously give Obama a run for his money in the “Worst President Ever” contest. I think our motto from now through November should be “Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”
Well, I’ve had a lot of bad case scenarios come true. Until recently, I’ve thought it quite possible that Trump wouldn’t reach 1237.
I was hoping for a Trump-Cruz truce rather than get someone like Romney.
After tonight, the geography shifts a bit toward Cruz’s advantage, but it’s likely too little, too late.
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