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How Ted Cruz could actually still beat Donald Trump
Salon ^ | April 4, 2016 | Gary Legum

Posted on 04/04/2016 4:01:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: altura

Hey, I have all of the same problems (ha!).


101 posted on 04/04/2016 5:05:01 PM PDT by the_doc
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
There doesn't need to be. Cruz can't win and even if he does Hillary/Obama will destroy him over his eligibility.

Riiight! Just like she destroyed Obama over his.

102 posted on 04/04/2016 5:05:44 PM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: Pox; altura
The bulk of people I've talked to want nothing to do with Cruz for multiple reasons, such as “too extreme” and too religious. Those who are not very familiar with Cruz are turned off by his “religiousity” and the fact that he “had something to do” with that government shutdown a while back.

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Every indication I have for Cruz's unlikability is not due to his religion but him being a creepy person and unlikable for personal reasons.

103 posted on 04/04/2016 5:06:40 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Pox; altura
The bulk of people I've talked to want nothing to do with Cruz for multiple reasons, such as “too extreme” and too religious. Those who are not very familiar with Cruz are turned off by his “religiousity” and the fact that he “had something to do” with that government shutdown a while back.

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Every indication I have for Cruz's unlikability is not due to his religion but him being a creepy person and unlikable for personal reasons.

http://blog.sfgate.com/hottopics/2016/01/15/ted-cruzs-college-roommate-recalls-his-creepy-habits/

"Nor does he make any secret of loathing Cruz. He delights in tweeting embarrassing details about his roommie’s hygiene, his problems with women and his general creepiness."

104 posted on 04/04/2016 5:08:06 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Popman

If Cruz could win with actual voters that would help his reputation. He has done terrible with getting voters to actually vote for Cruz. That you must admit. When you lose the south, interest isn’t there.


105 posted on 04/04/2016 5:08:28 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: napscoordinator
You were complaing that Reagan got democrats to vote for him too. You are bitter.

Sorry, but....that BS won't fly. The Democratic Party was one helluva lot different back then than it is today. And Trump has donated to and supported some of the very same rabid leftist Democrats that are, as we speak, destroying this nation.

You Trump supporters can't have it both ways....yet still you try. You have that in common with the radical left.

106 posted on 04/04/2016 5:18:07 PM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You were the first, and I was second...


108 posted on 04/04/2016 5:21:10 PM PDT by nikos1121 (Think of how stupid the average person is; realize half of them are stupider than that. Geo Carlin.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is a perfect example of not being able to see the “forest through the trees”. After New York on the 19th Cruz will most likely have no mathematical way of getting a majority of bound delegates before the convention. At that time a vote for either Cruz or Kasich becomes a vote for allowing the party bosses to decide who the candidate is going to be.

No matter how much Cruz supporters would like to believe that they will be able to win on the “second vote” at the convention. The chances of this actually happening are basically nonexistent. The perception that both the Kasich and Cruz campaigns are now counting on winning the nomination by basically disenfranchising millions of voters comes across in a way that is disturbing to most people. This will not play well in the remaining contests.


109 posted on 04/04/2016 5:25:53 PM PDT by fireman15 (The USA will be toast if the Democrats are able to take the Presidency in 2016)
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To: CASchack
Yes, the 1,237, but also there's another requirement that Cruz must meet and it's as big a hurdle as getting 1,237 or denying a majority.

To be eligible for nomination, a candidate must win the majority of delegates in at least eight states.  Trump has met that requirement.   And I'm not sure that Cruz can get there.

110 posted on 04/04/2016 5:31:37 PM PDT by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
You know another interesting thing, EEE?

Cruz will blame Trump personally for the shenanigans in Chicago, the Corey frame up -- he's great at point the finger of blame no Trump.

But when has Ted whaled into Hillary. Has he ever attacked Hillary for Hillary's mistreatment of women? Why does Cruz wear his white gloves and not attack Hillary on a personal level like he attacks Trump?


111 posted on 04/04/2016 5:38:32 PM PDT by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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To: sagar

“Libtards sure love to use their STDs are reference. Probably because 80% of them have either the herpes or the chlamydia.”

I read this article and it was remarkable that it was free of gratuitous insults of conservatives. Normally a Salon article must include at least one paragraph of such.

I also noted this incongruous analogy using VD. You nailed the reason why.


112 posted on 04/04/2016 5:52:13 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s Salon. I stopped reading there. Try again. Have a nice evening :)


113 posted on 04/04/2016 5:54:53 PM PDT by TheStickman (If we don't elect a PRO-America president in 2016 we lose the country!)
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To: BreezyDog

“Trump is a train wreck”

Trumpster Fire.

(Get in or get away)


114 posted on 04/04/2016 5:55:27 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Your candidate is both getting screwed without Vaseline”

Class.

Pure class.


115 posted on 04/04/2016 5:57:53 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Popman

“In several instances, you can stick Trumps picture right next to that definition...”

A huge irony (and that is a weak word for it) is that Trump and his supporters point to his crony capitalism experience as a reason to vote for him.

Eg, he gives liberal politicians money. Response: he had to, to do business and make deals. It’s business and he is a good business man who makes good deal, therefore he will be a good president.


116 posted on 04/04/2016 6:02:35 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: jobim

Believe it or not,
The very people you claim can buy Cruz could shutdown Trump Inc. In a heartbeat.

He is perhaps more vulnerable. That’s why he pays off politicians to do business. If they decide his company fails, his kids go broke quickly and his legacy is one of failure. No, trump isn’t immune. He pays with money and gets paid off with favors like permits.


117 posted on 04/04/2016 6:07:19 PM PDT by Outlaw76 (Conservative, Showman, Rino. Make your choice wisely.)
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To: napscoordinator

-——He has done terrible with getting voters to actually vote for Cruz. That you must admit.-——

Though all the primaries....total votes

Trump has 37 %

Cruz has 29 %

I’m not sure that would fall into “terrible “ territory....

If Rubio was not in the race, it would possibly be in Cruz favor...


118 posted on 04/04/2016 6:08:20 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The remaining 20% have both!


119 posted on 04/04/2016 6:18:43 PM PDT by sagar (3 way race; cranky populist - Trump/Sanders, establishment - Hillary/Roobio, conservative - Cruz!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Keep dreaming.


120 posted on 04/04/2016 6:31:32 PM PDT by reaganaut (Bible Scholars, Theologians and Evangelicals for Trump)
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