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Is Ted Cruz Going to Be Able to Pull This Off?
The National Review's The Corner ^ | March 18, 2016 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 03/18/2016 3:30:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The irony is that Kasich dropping out would give Trump Ohios delegates. So he’s actually doing Cruz a service by sticking around. Its really a no win situation for Cruz. He’s not going to get the +80% of delegates he needs to win the nomination and there is no way if the race is contested that the RNC would go Cruz instead of Trump if Trump is ahead. I mean if you are going to blow up the party you aren’t going to do it to lift up Cruz. Right now a vote for Cruz or Kasich is a vote for a contested convention and a vote for Hillary because only a fool who wants to spoil everything would want a contested convention.


41 posted on 03/18/2016 3:51:42 PM PDT by Maelstorm (America wasn't founded with the battle cry "Give me Liberty or cut me a government check!".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ted Cruz, the "outsider" career Washington lawyer and politician who laid the blame for leftist BLM riots at the foot of Trump, and has graciously thanked Mitt Romney for his endorsement today, is the true "anti-establishment" candidate that the GOPe fears the most and everyone should get behind.


42 posted on 03/18/2016 3:52:02 PM PDT by 20yearsofinternet (Border: Close it. Illegals: Deport. Muslims: Ban 'em. Economy: Liberate it. PC: Kill it. Trump 2016)
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To: altura

You mad bro? Cruz is in a snuggle fest with Graham and Mittens now and that really pisses you off. At least the Canadian thanked them for their ‘service’.


43 posted on 03/18/2016 3:54:17 PM PDT by tatown (Cruznoccio - A Washington DC Production)
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To: tatown
Gang of Eight except the Democrats have all most all endorsed Ted Cruz

Rubio was right

44 posted on 03/18/2016 3:55:44 PM PDT by scooby321
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To: Undecided 2012

Kasich doesn’t to pose all that much of a threat to anyone does he?

I mean he has a tiny few delegates, so if Cruz can take TRUMP, he needs to friggin’ get on with it and stop with the firewall in the South, he’s gonna win this and gonna win that, and lost his trousers in the South, and has no constituency in the North. They don’t but barely know his name.


45 posted on 03/18/2016 3:56:43 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: cba123

It doesn’t look AS IF Cruz is selling out, Cruz IS selling out plain and simple!!! He is the biggest LYING SOB!!! He has betrayed his supporters plain and simple, would have voted Cruz if nominated NO MORE!!!! this is the GOP-e telling us AGAIN we have no where else to go, GOP-e knows damn good and well Cruz CAN NOT win the general and WILL deliver Hillary to us they don’t give a damn!!! Now that Cruz is owned by GOP-e that WALL will NEVER be built!!!!


46 posted on 03/18/2016 3:57:21 PM PDT by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: scooby321

Of course he was right and everytime Teddy lifts his dress for the establishment his backers in here get very distressed.


47 posted on 03/18/2016 3:57:22 PM PDT by tatown (Cruznoccio - A Washington DC Production)
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48 posted on 03/18/2016 3:57:42 PM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Heart of Georgia

I don’t care if he gets along with anyone or not, but when He’s made his entire case on his reputation of never compromising his principles, then how can Cruz accept endorsements and money from all kinds of people he doesn’t agree with on principles? Immigration is a perfect example since the bitter differences between Rubio and Cruz are well known. How much can Cruz get away with before even his most ardent supporters have to recognize the hypocrisy?

Trump doesn’t have this problem, since he has not made his campaign all about being dogmatic and ideological.


49 posted on 03/18/2016 3:59:37 PM PDT by bigbob ("Victorious warriors win first and then go to war" Sun Tzu.)
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To: Undecided 2012

TRUMP “ain’t” no Dewhurst.

Cruz is going to need the KISS-MY-RING crowd to ever have a prayer for getting the popular vote victory, so he is going for the Establishment powered trick victory, at convention.

D E S P E R A T E cRUSE


50 posted on 03/18/2016 4:01:52 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Perhaps Ted is counting on the crossover BLM vote to push him over the finish. At this point Ted will lay down with any dogs that come his way.


51 posted on 03/18/2016 4:02:00 PM PDT by Lexington Green (Why isn't Hillary in jail?)
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To: ifinnegan

They damn sure are now

Cruz has to win the majority of delegates in seven more states

And 83-87% of delegates

20 primaries left

Unlikely...highly

Long shot to deprive Trump for contested convention as well

But feel free


52 posted on 03/18/2016 4:02:29 PM PDT by wardaddy (Cruz path to nomination is a box canyon)
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To: altura

With the intellectual content of many of these posts its starting to look like Reddit around here.


53 posted on 03/18/2016 4:02:31 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

After Arizona and Utah, there is Wisconsin on April 5th, NY on April 19, and April 26th there is Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Indiana is on May 3rd.

Cruz may win Utah, he may do well, but still lose, Wisconsin. Trump is leading by 50 percentage points in NY, and he’ll probably sweep all the races on April 26th. If that happens, Trump could end up with 342 more delegates, giving him 1,020.

If Trump gets that big winning streak, few people are going to bother voting for Cruz, and the remaining contests will be completely dominated by Trump. That would give Trump approximately 1,334 delegates.


54 posted on 03/18/2016 4:02:52 PM PDT by euram
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To: 2ndDivisionVet


I've already voted for TRUMP and TRUMP carried my state, MISSISSIPPI, so I did my part.

I can only pray, root for him and watch the remaining primaries from here!









55 posted on 03/18/2016 4:03:52 PM PDT by onyx (You're here posting, so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hello no! He lost when he sold out and becomes even less of a factor with each establishment endorsement. This Romney one will be the kiss of death.
I don’t expect anything but an attack from you but I’ll be proven right when Trump hits 1237... It’s all but assured now.


56 posted on 03/18/2016 4:03:58 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (Hillary's a criminal.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This could boil down to

YOU KEEP WHAT YOU KILL!

57 posted on 03/18/2016 4:05:20 PM PDT by jetson
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To: skeeter

LOLOL!!!

This election is ALL about TRUMP. Anyone else but TRUMP and the nominee would already be declared.

Cruz and the boys want to play games with the popular vote, dismiss it, and inject the Establishment power onto the Convention floor, all this drama just to drag ol’ Cruz over the damn line.

Next comes the GANG OF EIGHT endorsing their old pal, Ted.

LOL!!


58 posted on 03/18/2016 4:05:55 PM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ted is the spoiler to keep Trump under the winning majority. Then the bosses will dump him in the trash and pound down the lid.

He serves no purpose other than that. If he was a man he should drop out now and assure Trump the win.


59 posted on 03/18/2016 4:05:59 PM PDT by anton
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To: RitaOK
While its true Trump has won a plurality of the vote, so far 63% of the primary voting community has voted for someone else.

You folks need to keep that little detail in mind while you do your fancy war dance:)

60 posted on 03/18/2016 4:09:31 PM PDT by skeeter
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