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Trump Facing Inconvenient Defeat in Wisconsin
Reaganite Republican ^
| 31 March 2016
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 03/31/2016 3:52:51 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
As the latest polling in Wisconsin betrays Trump's widespread unpopularity there, his larger nationwide problem is that women specifically are beginning to coalesce into an anti-Trump alliance...
and that most certainly includes the badger state.
It's no secret that female voters were having a hard time getting into the Trump thing, but his recent repellant behavior and attitude re. Heidi Cruz and Michelle Fields is making the choice a lot easier for them. I mean, when you lose rabid supporter Ann Coulter perhaps you've taken your (pointless, completely unnecessary, and damaging to the GOP) war-on-women too far.
Has it occurred to Mr Trump's supporters yet that offending a large majority of American women -when you intend to go-up against Hillary in the fall- is about the stupidest thing he could possibly do?
Trump could have done less damage eating a live kitten on stage.
I for one anxiously await the next round of polling re. hypothetical Trump vs Hillary matchup- he was already weak there before his latest misguided displays of misogyny.
The answer for the GOP? Dump Trump and nominate Ted Cruz -perhaps with staunchly pro-life Carly Fiorina in the VP slot- to take on and destroy Hillary. Polling has long supported the idea that Cruz vs Clinton works better than it would with Trump, and that's not likely to change now.
If Wisconsin goes the way I think it's going to, Trump's sputtering campaign is entirely unlikely to reach 1237 delegates prior to Cleveland. And The Donald mostly trades on an air of inevitability (was never true, but the co-opted 'conservative' media is certainly still pushing that faded narrative), so just watch and see how he does once Ted Cruz exposes Trump's true electoral mediocrity.
With California fully in-play, Ted Cruz reaching 1237 prior to the convention is not out of the realm of possibility for him- but he's a lot more likely to beat Trump on the 2nd or 3rd ballot there.
On the other (tiny) hand, Trump's probably going to arrive in need of delegates, and will in my opinion have a hard time finding new friends- rather, he's made an awful lot of enemies.
TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: 1stcanadiansenator; cruz; globalistcruz; lose; noteligiblecruz; openboarderscruz; trump; wisconsin
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To: Reaganite Republican
I am a Trump supporter, but I am fairly certain that he will lose in Wisconsin.
To: Russ
What we’re seeing here is every goldarned culprit of the Washington Gravy Train getting together to bash the one person who will drive their train off the rails. They have sold out America and we have only ONE chance to save our beloved country. That one chance is named Donald Trump!
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:35:32 AM PDT
by
Mollypitcher1
(I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
To: John Valentine
These are facts, not repetitive posts.
To: cincinnati65
“Wake up.”
It’s no secret why the establishment is supporting Cruz. They’ve admitted it. Cruz knows it. His supporters know it.
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:37:59 AM PDT
by
llmc1
(None of the above 2016)
To: llmc1
They know it and embrace it.
To: CommieCutter
Dead to me too. Have no idea how Cruz/GOP expect to win without all the Trump voters.
To: jpsb
Your post is exactly right on.
You certainly have the gift of the pen.
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:44:47 AM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Discussed as fraud yesterday.
Was that here on FR?
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:45:23 AM PDT
by
mabelkitty
(Trump 2016!!)
To: Reaganite Republican
Cruz will go into the convention with notably less delegates than Trump. If he gets the nomination he gets it because the GOPe cabal puts him in.
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:49:59 AM PDT
by
CaptainK
(...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:50:58 AM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:52:09 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(We don't need another JFK)
To: dsm69
That is what I have been wondering.
When has Cruz won an open primary?
If they are only polling Republican voters, I think Trump has a very good shot to win.
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:52:32 AM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Russ
Which is why he smoked the field in Arizona, held the same day as Mormon run Utah, right?
Any chance the Mormons know the gig is up on Cruz, and were doing it in hopes of getting Romney?
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:54:49 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: cincinnati65
Trump will likely lose Wisconsin. In a state where the dominant Republican figures are Paul Ryan and Scott Walker, lots of voters will follow the endorsements and vote for the establishment endorsed candidate - Ted Cruz. Will Cruz carry Wisconsin in the general election? Not much of a chance. Congratulations Ted!
Although I will support Cruz if he wins the nomination, I have a question for the more vocal Cruz supporters: What state lost by Romney will Cruz carry in the general? I can’t identify any - perhaps you can provide the remedy for my ignorance. If conservative evangelicals insist on nominating a candidate who has almost no ability to win the general, do you bear any moral responsiblitiy when Hillary turns out to be Obama on steroids?
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:57:46 AM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction. - Mark Twain)
To: Netz
If he is the nominee, Hillary wins in a landslide.
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posted on
03/31/2016 4:58:14 AM PDT
by
mak5
To: dsm69
5 days are a lifetime in a primary. Trump can easily turn this around. I hate to use this as an example, but Obama was losing to Clinton in 2008 and decided to give a speech on race. Well it worked and that turned Oprah and the kennedy’s towards Obama. I think trump needs to make a speech on woman and bring out the women who work for him in his businesses. And during the speech give his policies that are on his website. I think that would turn this primary back to trump.
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posted on
03/31/2016 5:01:41 AM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
To: Flick Lives
The numbers don’t lie. They are what they are.
Does Cruz have a mathematical chance? Absolutely.
What’s the likelihood of Cruz getting 774 out of the 943 still available? Perhaps not so good. For me, I’m having a hard time thinking Cruz will get the lion’s share of delegates in CA, NJ and NY - I think Trump gets those.
Now could it be possible that Cruz can close the delegate gap with Trump such that both of them are almost even but less than 1,237? Yes. That’s the GOPe plan, imo.
Then the GOPe stuffs in some kind of a Walker/Ryan/Jeb!/Perry/Haley/Martinez combo and tells the Cruz and Trump supporters to take what we give you or you get a Democrat.
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posted on
03/31/2016 5:04:52 AM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
To: napscoordinator
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posted on
03/31/2016 5:07:04 AM PDT
by
dsm69
(Boycott News Media/Hollywood Advertisers)
To: Reaganite Republican
If Cruz, by some miracle, wins the primary, I hope he uses the same dirty politics, energy, and vitriol against Hillary as he does with Trump.
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posted on
03/31/2016 5:08:58 AM PDT
by
PJammers
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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