Posted on 03/06/2016 2:08:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
If you listen to Donald Trump, you would believe that Ted Cruz's huge victories in Kansas and Maine in Super Saturday were a fluke.
While Trump is still leading in delegates, he should be a little more worried about the Cruz surge.
While Kansas was always going to be a toss-up between the two, Cruz's surprising victory in Maine should not be overlooked. While Trump was spinning Mar. 5 as another resounding victory, in reality, it was a not such a good day.
Not only did Cruz obtain most of the 155 delegates that were up for grabs on Saturday, he also kept Trump from maxing out his delegates in his two primary wins in Louisiana and Kentucky. Cruz's strategy, to steal closed Republican primary states away from the New York real estate mogul, worked like a charm, and now, Cruz heads into the Mar. 8 primaries in Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, and Mississippi with a wave that could keep The Donald from reaching the 1237 delegates necessary to win the GOP's nomination ahead of their convention in Cleveland....
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You do realize this is Free Republic, right ?
Ha! You realize there also may be a difference between "being ideologically pure enough for FR" and "having any appeal whatsoever outside of the Red Meat base", right?
I think we need to ask ourselves: What would two Corinthians say about it?
The GOP Central Committee cannot say to the body: "I have no need of you. And the Tea Party cannot say to the Marketing Coordinators: I have no need of you. If the whole body were Free Traders, where would the Traditional Marriage proponents be? If there were no assh*le, where would Romney be?"
You put your finger on the reason why I don't like Trump. The President is not a "king." The people should decide what they want to do.
Obama has forced his "brilliant" ideas on us for 8 years. We're sick of that.
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