Then voter nullification of the largest voting block becomes Ted' only route to the nomination.
Voter nullification... Ted Cruz, little man on campus.
Then voter nullification of the largest voting block becomes Ted' only route to the nomination.
Voter nullification... Ted Cruz, little man on campus.
IOW 323 delegates are up for grabs.
But it still a fact that 1237 is the magic number because the 323 are part of the total of which 1237 is the 50+% threshold.
Trump's delegate mathematician, Barry Bennett, a mild mannered tactician with more than 40 years experience in delegate math and political campaigns, has estimated Trump will pick up at least 100 of the 323 unbound.
Barry Bennett, Delegate Mathematician and Manager
Barry may not be suited for the cover of GQ but he's smart as hell. He is one of the top few that one can count on the fingers of one hand that knows what he's doing.
Bennett's path to victory totals to 1450 which many shake their heads as unrealistic but it includes picking up some of the 323 delegates up for grabs at the Convention. Donald himself said if they do pretty well, not amazing but 'pretty well', they will hit 1400.
Some reasonable persons confirm that it is realistic that Donald Trump will pickup at least 100 of the 323 unbound delegates. The import of that is that 1237 is very feasible.
Does Wisconsin change all that? No, well actually yes but not in the way Cruz supporters would want it to change.
Bennett in his delegate map to the nomination had allowed for ZERO delegates to be picked up in WI. ZERO! But as it is Donald is gaining 3 to 6 delegates from WI. Those are bonus delegates! The path to the nomination counted ZERO but the campaign actually gained delegates.
I look back and admire even more the smart campaigning that Donald did in WI. Bennett counseled him that Madison , Milwaukee and the corridor up to Green Bay were lost causes. But the outlying areas of small towns was a very fruitful place to pickup not only votes but also delegates. So now we know why Donald was in all those small towns in WI. It all makes sense. They were going and are still going for every single delegate they can find, and Barry Bennett has the map to do it.
So now we know one of the strategic brains behind Trump. I am looking to find out now about the tactical brains behind him, meaning the persons who are making plans to arrange media topics, events and incidents.
The Wisconsin story is that Trump did surprisingly better than expected (final percents 35%/48.5% Trump/Cruz) and walked away with bonus delegates. Similar to a gorilla army raiding a large enemy force for arms and supplies to use in the next battles, Trump's campaign scored a successful hit and run that most of the media hasn't the smarts to recognize. This shows the way to fight a war.
Spot on.
again!