Cowboy, I supported Cruz and felt he wuld be the best President.
But the facts on the ground, and the people voting are showing something different.
Trump, despite his former ways, has expressed not only strong opinions and statements that have aroused the people, he has done it in a way that shows he is willing to go up against the establishment, the MSM< the DNC, etc.
And now, on his own site he has backed up his positions with good detail, which if implemented will help turn this country around.
After the wins last Tuesday, CNN is now showing Trump with 52 total delegates likely in PA (and it is likely that that number will go higher, probably over 60 before all is said and done and once they vote at the convention):
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/
I expect Trump will go well over the top (probably by 60 or more delegates at this point), on June 7th.
If Cruz is interested in the GOP nominee (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.
I wrote this letter to Senator Cruz after the NY Primary results.
My Open Letter to Ted Cruz
http://www.jeffhead.com/Cruz-ltr.htm
Again, I say all of this as one who has diligently supported Cruz...but recognizes the truth of the situation and the absolute need to defeat the Dems in November.
I believe Jim has come to the same conclusion and is trying to get FR united in that.
Fact is...GOP disunity kept a couple f million of people home in 2012 and Romney lost as a result...and as a result of his not taking the fight to Obama. We simply CANNOT afford that to happen again.
But each has to follow their own internal compass on this and I pray God’s blessing on you and yours as you sincerely do.
>>But the facts on the ground, and the people voting are showing something different.<<
Yes, the facts on the ground are that the media picked the GOP candidate and trashed all the conservatives. I don’t even like Cruz as a candidate, but he is a conservative. Trumo is to the left of Hillary..
One has to recognize the writing on the wall.
Nice letter.
That's absolutely true. But whether or not a couple of hundred people leave FR (voluntarily or not) will have exactly zero effect on whether that happens in 2016.
As someone who has been opposed to Trump since day one, it's clear that I am unwelcome here for the duration of the campaign. I plan to take a sabbatical from posting here until November 9.
“But each has to follow their own internal compass on this and I pray God’s blessing on you and yours as you sincerely do.”
I sure hope to read more posts like yours and less of the poison pen, circular firing squad variety. I’ve read FReepers writing things supporting Boehner, for crying out loud!
“Fact is...GOP disunity kept a couple f million of people home in 2012 and Romney lost as a result...and as a result of his not taking the fight to Obama. We simply CANNOT afford that to happen again.”
Uh, correction. Romney was a wuss. An elitist with a bad backstory. And, unwilling to take the fight to BO.
This had nothing to do with disunity. It had to do with a bad candidate. Second in a row.