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Trump Will Win GOP Nomination, But Ted Cruz Plans to Be the Next Republican President
The Huffington Post's Huffpost Politics The Blog ^ | March 12, 2016 | David Paul

Posted on 03/12/2016 4:31:48 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

It was not much more than a week ago that Republican insiders were having animated public discussions about how Donald Trump could be deprived the GOP nomination. The consensus was straightforward. Unlike the consensus a few weeks earlier--that Kasich and Cruz needed to drop out of the race to clear the field for a Trump-Rubio death match--the new consensus was that that they should all stay in the race. This time, the goal was not finding someone who could beat Trump to the 1,237 delegates needed for a first ballot victory in Cleveland in July, but instead simply to deny Trump a first ballot victory.

If Trump could be denied an outright majority of the delegates, the new strategy suggested, he could be defeated on the first ballot. Then cooler and wiser minds could prevail, and the GOP establishment could select someone else to lead the ticket in the fall. Lost in all of the scheming by Republican insiders, however, was any thought that one or more of those candidates might have their own plans in mind, or have priorities that might go beyond whether or not Donald Trump won the nomination. While Marco Rubio would have been delighted to have others pushed out of the race on his behalf, John Kasich made clear that he intended to live or die on the results in the Ohio primary. Ted Cruz, meanwhile, had no intention of being guided by whatever the GOP establishment might cook up.

It turned out that this new consensus strategy didn't last much longer than the previous consensus strategy....

(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: New York; Texas; Campaign News; Issues; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016gopprimary; cruz; election2016; huffingtonpost; huffpo; newyork; puffho; puffingtonhost; romney; tedcruz; texas; trump
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To: Sasparilla

Check the Texas primary. :o)


21 posted on 03/12/2016 4:56:18 PM PST by mrpotatohead
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To: heights
Ted is David Koresh with a Harvard degree.

Ouch!

22 posted on 03/12/2016 4:58:06 PM PST by joesbucks
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To: chajin

He’s still ineligible per the Constitution.

Born to a Cuban father in Canada wasn’t what the Founder’s envisioned when they wrote Article II....In fact it was what they were trying to prevent.

No matter, he’s ousted himself yesterday as someone no one wants in the White House. Turn him over he’s done!


23 posted on 03/12/2016 4:58:33 PM PST by Forty-Niner (Ursus Arctos Horribilis)
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To: bushpilot2

Trump’s father was in the KKK.


24 posted on 03/12/2016 4:58:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does anyone care?


25 posted on 03/12/2016 5:04:31 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: mrpotatohead

..Check the Texas primary....

Ancient history after reading posts from people abandoning politics as usual Cruz. When you see them, just check their prior posts supporting Ted. And then their abandonment of support. Texas means nothing. You will want a stiff drink after that.


26 posted on 03/12/2016 5:04:47 PM PST by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prosecution 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Teddy the Canadamaybian will be back in his Senate seat in a couple of weeks voting for TPP.


27 posted on 03/12/2016 5:05:24 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There’s report Rafael B. Cruz isn’t a legal name. This includes the 22 March 1939 birth date.

This info is in the link.


28 posted on 03/12/2016 5:08:17 PM PST by bushpilot2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My father was, too...has nothing to do with me, happened long before I was born.


29 posted on 03/12/2016 5:09:37 PM PST by freepertoo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can hear Hillary cackling from my house.


30 posted on 03/12/2016 5:10:27 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: freepertoo

Then why bring up Cruz’s parents then?


31 posted on 03/12/2016 5:13:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This “strategy” bullshite went due south as of last night


32 posted on 03/12/2016 5:14:07 PM PST by onona (Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
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To: DLfromthedesert

No, Trump shall be the president and Cruz may not even keep his senate seat.


33 posted on 03/12/2016 5:17:21 PM PST by nopardons
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To: DLfromthedesert

Which his wife advocates anyway as a member of the CFR supporting private sector dropping the borders of the Norte Americano Union.


34 posted on 03/12/2016 5:20:03 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: mrpotatohead

Which was before last night.


35 posted on 03/12/2016 5:20:33 PM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject)
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To: dartuser

And if Cruz wins, it will be considered an act of God, not of the voters? LMAO!

Whatever works.


36 posted on 03/12/2016 5:22:25 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hope your proof of that isn’t that debunked tale of the arrest and dropped charges in nyc.


37 posted on 03/12/2016 5:24:09 PM PST by digger48
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To: Travis McGee; LS; Jim Robinson
Ted the Coward, who sides with Bernie, BLM and ISIS supporters in their attempt to crush free speech, can plan all he wants. He’s dead to me, the coward. I wouldn’t piss on him if he was on fire. And I was going to vote for him. Not now. I hate cowards

It's amazing how many people who I truly respect end up on the same side as me. Love all three of ya.

38 posted on 03/12/2016 5:28:18 PM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No he wasn’t and you can lie, just like the INELIGIBLE you support, until you turn blue and we’ll all know that you are a liar.


39 posted on 03/12/2016 5:29:38 PM PST by nopardons
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To: nopardons

Is Ted Cruz a natural-born citizen eligible to serve as president? [Yes! And I support him! JimRob]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3084490/posts


40 posted on 03/12/2016 5:32:37 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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