Ted Cruz would condemn Communist China and Iran for selecting an approved list of candidates ahead of time. But in the US, he calls it “following the rules”.
What Cruz realizes and what Trump ignores is that we are a Federal Republic. People who favor are responding to his celebrity and not even a majority.NY is the first state in which he has won a majority. The basic problem is that there is no reason to believe that a minority faction of Republicans can be expanded to a winning plurality of eligible voters in November. Right now it seems that Hilary is as likely to win over the independents as Trump is. If Trump does win at the convention, this is likely to be his high tide in popularity. Only events can save Trump from defeat. At least he does have an indictment hanging over his head. The sad truth is, however, that many of her supporters really would vote for her if she were caught in the street standing over a dead body with a smoking gun in her hand. Not because she is popular but because she is a Democrat.
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