Posted on 03/21/2016 1:01:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
According to the latest polling, Gary Herbert is hardly alone in Utah, but his endorsement may kneecap a fellow Republican governor in Utah. In a Facebook post earlier today, Governor Herbert urged his fellow Utahans to cast their vote for "a consistent conservative," and to cement the state's status as something more than just another "flyover state":
Tomorrow night, Utah will award 40 delegates to the Republican National Convention. If one of the Republican candidates can receive more than 50 percent of the vote, that candidate will receive all of Utah's 40 delegates.
Ted Cruz is a consistent conservative who understands the importance of federalism. I'm confident he will work to limit the federal government when it comes to education, public lands and other issues where states can do better than the federal government.
Utah is no longer considered a flyover state. For the first time in recent memory, Utah voters will play a critical role in the presidential nominating contest. With one vacancy and possibly more on the U.S. Supreme Court, it is essential we have a president who will nominate a strong conservative to the court who will use the Constitution as his or her guide.
This won't do much damage to Donald Trump, at least not directly. For John Kasich, though, it could be a body blow. Kasich made the odd choice to compete in Utah despite having developed little traction in the state when it was in his best interest to see Cruz get the winner-take-all majority of the vote, and slow down Trump's progress to the nomination. Having the sitting governor pass over another governor to endorse a first-term Senator will take some of the recent wind out of Kasich's sails.
Cruz might be getting a majority of the vote tomorrow even without Herbert's help. According to a new poll from Y2 Analytics, he has 53% to Kasich's 29%, with Trump barely making it into double digits:
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has zoomed to a commanding lead in Utah's GOP caucuses, according to a new poll released Saturday. It also gave a glimpse into how frustrated the state's Republicans are with Donald Trump's candidacy.
The Y2 Analytics survey shows Cruz with 53 percent support among likely Republican caucus-goes and if that matches Tuesday's caucus vote, he'd win all of the state's 40 GOP delegates.
Coming in second is Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 29 percent, while Trump, the national front-runner, was a distant third at 11 percent.
The Y2 Analytics poll was conducted from Thursday to Saturday and included 500 respondents, capturing some of the reaction from public events held by all three of the Republican candidates. Cruz held three public events in Utah on Saturday with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, commentator Glenn Beck and former presidential candidate Carly Fiorina. Kasich and Trump held events on Friday.
The polling period preceded Herbert's endorsement, of course, and that should brighten things considerably for Cruz. While Kasich's support may not transfer cleanly to Cruz under normal conditions, those looking to oppose Trump in either direction will have to consider the need to consolidate behind Cruz rather than give Kasich a few meaningless delegates. Herbert's biggest impact will probably be among undecideds and leaners. Mostly, though, it's yet another sign that Cruz has begun to unify the traditional elements in the GOP to stop Trump's march to 1237 on the first ballot in Cleveland.
Mormon Mafia thinks they are important
Time to start ignoring you.
Bye Bye
Is that it? 6?
The establishment picks up yet another endorsement.
At some point 2ndDivisionVet, you need to start to ask yourself, who are you actually supporting?
Because Cruz won’t win the presidency. He won’t.
You are starting to campaign for Romney.
Because Cruz is the savior of Beck’s prophecy?
Are we supposed to hate the Utah governor now?
Stephen Cox the Mormon Lt Gov also endorsed Cruz at the rally on Saturday and then he quoted Nephi 2 (knee fie) on lying from the book of Mormon and ordered the attendees to look it up when they got home
LOL
wonder what the listening Christian Ted Cruz thought...
I remember Iowa and South Carolina.... I am still shocked over the South Carolina primary.... Cruz culled out 300 preachers to give him the victory, purportedly reacting Gideon... Problem is the fake preachers did not know what gave the 300 victory.... Trumpets.... snicker.
That’s because Cruz is the fulfillment of Mormon prophecy.
Looks like Utah is a pile of real nuts. Guess they would rather have Hillary or Sanders. Good luck, stupid because Cruz hasn’t a chance of getting the nomination. Thought Mormons could think better than that.
Trump for President.
So what and who cares?
Oh gosh another Mormon endorsement
When is Ted going to come out and just admit he has converted and really is the LDS savior Beck spoke of?
So a state governor’s endorsement is trash unless Trump is getting it?
I don’t hear any of his Jewish supporters calling him the Messiah nor the fulfillment of prophecy.
Beck has been around since Iowa and campaigns with Ted an unseemly amount.
I don’t notice that from any other faith group
I’m cracking up that all these guys believe their vote is THE most important and we simply have to know! In the meantime, didn’t someone in KS get called out for ‘saying’ they were going to vote for Trump, by a fellow republican who was ‘offended’...I’m thinking it was a pol in the state house position.
That is the only reason I came on this thread, so I can see how this gets handled in mormon nation..
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