[arl295]

Is Cruz even going to make it that far?

[Suz in AZ]

My NOLA friend warned me about this over a week ago. Said they were ignoring the rules for application of delegates.

[HarleyLady27]

Trump doesn't ‘threaten’ he put Cruz on notice: “Straighten out your birth right in this Country or I will, has Cruz done anything about it yet? Have you seen his papers saying he has ‘naturalization papers’? Have you seen an American Birth Certificate?

And now he's putting people on notice to stop taking delegates away when he won them in certain States, they did it with obuma, but they won't be doing it with Trump...

You put people on notice, then get the paper work ready, and then boom, your in court...course you have to go thru the process before you know what steps your taking...

[cincinnati65]

Yes, he was 'outmaneuvered'. And yes, it's within the rules. But are you Cruz people really pretending that a 28-8 Cruz-to-Trump delegate split reflects the will of the electorate in the state?

Or is it political trickery to circumvent the will of the electorate?

Wait until the shoe is on the other foot.....

[Durbin]

Aww. The Tweeter in Chief doesn’t like the rules so he threatens to sue. . . . . Again. Does anybody really take this seriously any more?

[Pollster1]

Cruz played the game better than Trump. I don’t like the rules, but those are the rules.

Trump needs to accept his loss, learn from it, and make sure he gets every delegate he is entitled to in the future, plus every delegate who is up for grabs under the rules of the game. Outrage and lawsuits make him look weak. He should fight the next battle instead, and win.

[lonestar67]

Rules don’t apply to Donald trump.

He sues those who disagree with him and wins with his money.

New York values.

[gdani]

The number of times Trump has whined and threatened a lawsuit (and not followed through) this campaign season has now passed the number of delegates he has.

[quegley]

This is the man (Trump) who is the ace negotiator. He is going to make sure we all get a better deal.

[pgkdan]

This doesn’t matter. It’s starting to look like Ted’s gonna be history real soon.

[MarDav]

If not knowing/understanding the delegate process is any indication of the “deals” Trump will make as president, then we’d all better pray. Simple facts are these: the rules were in place before the campaign began, ALL candidates had access to the rules, Trump is losing delegates as a result of not paying attention to the rules. Hey, it’s the art of the deal!

[Cyman]

Heard he was suing Ivanka for having the baby this early. WQanted to milk it till at least Cleveland

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Trump won Louisiana 124,819 41.44%

Cruz, Rafael Edward 113,947 37.83%

So we learn there’s many ways to steal votes in LA. They still have not reported their CD votes and are violating national party rules and recently added their own. Looks like a dishonest delegate count to change where Trump won by 11,000 votes. LOUISIANA CRUZ CHEATERS hope you choke on a crawdad.

Saturday 5 March 2016: All 46 of Louisiana’s delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today’s Presidential Primary. [Delegate Selection Rules Resolution 2015-10. RULES FOR CONVENING OF THE STATE CONVENTION TO ELECT DELEGATES TO THE 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.]

18 District delegates, 3 from each of the state’s 6 Congressional Districts, are proportionally allocated to Presidential contenders according to the primary vote in each Congressional District (rounded rules are not specified) [Rule 3. (d)].
28 (10 base at-large delegates plus 15 bonus delegates plus 3 RNC) statewide delegates are proportionally allocated to those Presidential contenders who receive 20% or more of the total statewide vote (as rounded by the Executive Committee). The allocation is in proportion to the total statewide vote NOT the total vote of those candidates receiving 20% or more of statewide vote. The remaining delegates are unbound. The rule says “Presidential candidates receiving more than 20% of the statewide vote ... will be allocated the same proportion, rounded by the Executive Committee ....” [Rule 4. (c)].
We do not have the vote by CD but according to the Louisiana Republican Party:
CD 1: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 2: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 3: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 4: Trump 1, Cruz 2
CD 5: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
CD 6: Trump 1, Cruz 1, Rubio 1
Statewide: Trump 12, Cruz 11, Uncommitted 5.
Total: Trump 18, Cruz 18, Rubio 5, Uncommitted 5.

Delegates to the National Convention ... are bound ... on the first ballot only .... If a presidential candidate ends or suspends his/her candidacy, the designated delegates are no longer bound. [Rule 4. (f)].

Saturday 12 March 2016: The State Convention convenes in Baton Rouge to elect delegates to the Republican National Convention according to the results of the primary.

18 National Convention district delegates— 3 from each of the state’s 6 Congressional Districts are elected in the Congressional District meetings at the State Convention.
25 National Convention At-Large delegates are elected by the convention as a whole.
The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Louisiana’s Republican Party, will attend the convention as pledged delegates by virtue of their position [Rule 4. (e]).
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/LA-R

[SaraJohnson]

If everything Cruz did was fair and square, nothing for the Cruzers to worry about in a law suit.