Posted on 04/09/2016 8:53:34 PM PDT by sickoflibs
While Donald Trump continues to lead in delegate count, this week has not been his in terms of momentum. The GOP frontrunner was handed a resounding defeat in Wisconsin, where rival Ted Cruz beat him 48.2% to 35.1%. Now all eyes have turned to New York, the next primary in the nominating contest, with 95 delegates at stake — where Trump currently enjoys a commanding 56% to 22% lead over Cruz in the latest poll.
But even before the New York primary in a couple weeks, Trump may be precluded from reaching the required 1,237 delegates before the Republican National Convention, given what’s rather quietly happening in Colorado as we speak. As The Washington Post wrote of the Colorado delegates:
But if the Republican presidential race between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz is decided by just a handful of delegates, what happens in Colorado this weekend might matter most of all.
Nate Silver goes so far as to suggest that if Trump gets shut out in Colorado this weekend, he will definitely fall short of the 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the convention. And that, of course, would leave him vulnerable to the workings of the GOP convention, which many — including Trump supporters — fear could quash his chances of walking away as the nominee.
Many observers — and the Trump campaign itself — don’t expect Trump to do well in Colorado.
Based on what happened in the first two district contests, it is expected that Ted Cruz will sweep the 34 Colorado delegates being selected at the district and state assemblies. The remaining three delegates are the members of the Republican National Committee from Colorado and can remain unbound.
As of Friday afternoon, Cruz has dominated the first five contests in Colorado, while Trump and Kasich remain empty-handed. While neither candidate will make the trip to Colorado this weekend, both Trump and Kasich are putting more focus on the state convention’s weekend proceedings, in an attempt to nab some delegates before it’s over.
While this contest is likely to garner a small fraction of the coverage the upcoming New York primary will get, it’s on its way to quietly tipping the scales further toward a contested convention.
[Note: This article was written by Michelle Jesse, Associate Editor]
“I think it shows that Cruz is more prepared to run for president. He seems more prepared.”
History has proven that good “Community Organizers” can win elections but make terrible presidents.
“I see rules as applying to everyone. Including Trump.”
Similar rules got Obama elected. Bad rules need to be changed, especially when they change during the game.
The words “good character” and “Donald J Trump” don’t belong in the same sentence together.
At least then we won't have to listen to you Trumpeters tell us how he's motivated by pure-as-the-driven-snow love of country.
Because at that point, everyone will see that Trump's real patriotic devotion is to Trump's ego, nothing else.
"Carrot and stick"? Bribery or threats? I think that's illegal.
If you base your beliefs about what the GOPe thinks on the basis of two anonymous posters on the internet, I think I have an inkling of what your problem might be.
The fat lady hasn’t sung yet.
Trump is not out by a loooooong shot.
Why? If GOPe is going down in flames I would rather Bernie be President when the dims have the house and senate than Hillary. They won't get much past Bernie. They are not really socialists and he is not corrupt. It will be gridlock.
Wouldn't that mean Trump was delusional as well?
LOL. Great movie, great ending.
And you also have to know which rules aren't really rules, they are merely labeled such.
Trump supporters look the same from this side of things. Especially considering this: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3396474/posts
"Family"? Really?
It helps that Cruz is benefiting from the GOP Establishment's support. Colorado was a GOPE referendum.
yes and he has hired the dreaded washington cartel he raved against for months... to help him work it even more efficiently!
This thing has millions of moving pieces. The people in charge of each of those pieces have to stay on track and still be adaptable enough to makes changes when required. You want to hire the best people and in this election cycle the candidates numbered in the double digits, all competing for those personnel.
Paul Manafort has been an advisor in some capacity to the campaigns of Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole and George W. Bush. He is just as much an insider as anyone Cruz has hired. Hiring the best, even if they worked for the competition makes sense. It does NOT mean you’ve adopted the ideas of your competition.
I’ve been a member of this site for 5 years. You don’t need to know anything else about me. You perv.
That is correct, except perhaps for some local races. On the federal level, the point of giving the people the vote is to give the rulers a claim to legitimacy.
I have the impression that maybe Trump is having second thoughts about this whole thing, and may now not even want to be president. I have the impression that he now wishes he never got into this in the first place. Didn’t he say a week or so ago, “Who needs this?” or “I don’t need this?”
Our main goal must be to keep the Dims from winning the general election. But the GOP needs to be serious about that, as well, and it must nominate someone who has a chance of winning. If that is Trump, then we need to put our full support behind him. If it is Cruz, ditto. However, if the GOP nominate the Mailman’s Son, it will once again — as in 1996, 2008, and 2012 — nominate someone who is just a placeholder for the Dims.
I want someone to run the Government like a business. I want someone who grows the private sector. I want some one who knows what “Best Business Practices†means. I want someone who will fire the lot of them. I want some one who is NOT beholden to the UNiparty/GOPe/Bush Family. THAT IS NOT CRZ!
smart guy. and what is surprising to me....for a guy EVERYONE hates, he sure is working hard to build relationships and i expect that to continue to happen if he becomes president.
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