Posted on 04/19/2016 3:56:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump's final push for the GOP nomination starts Tuesday in New York, where the front-runner is heavily favored over rivals Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
The burning question is not whether Trump wins New York — if he doesn't, it will be among the biggest polling surprises ever — but whether Cruz and Kasich can pick up enough delegates to derail his nomination before July's convention in Cleveland.
Since Trump's last victory in Arizona's March 22 primary, Cruz has won a competitive race in Wisconsin, as well as a series of sweeping victories in North Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming, which awarded their delegates through state conventions rather than primaries or caucuses.
The Texas senator has argued that his recent wins mark a "turning point" that will carry him to a victory in a contested convention. That remains to be seen: Trump's position still looks strong in national polls, where a new NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll put him at 46 percent support among Republicans versus 28 percent for Cruz and 19 percent for Kasich, suggesting Cruz's victories reflected a favorable stretch of states rather than GOP voters abandoning Trump.
If nothing else, however, Cruz's success in the last month's delegate fights exposed a weak Trump organization, prompted a major staff shakeup, and provoked a furious response from the candidate himself, who complained of a "rigged election" in Staten Island this week....
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It will end...The people vote in New York...
I hope Trump sweeps them all. Less than 20% for Cruz and Kasich will do it!!
Cruz wins sweeping victories??
One in a row is a winning streak?
What winning streak? ROTFLMAO! Cruz cheated his way teo two frauds lately.
9 Winner take all states coming up, and Trump will take most of them.
Trump will take NY, and all 5 states on April 26th as well. That would set him up for a win in Indiana on 3 May.
in those states do they actually let the people vote? If so then I see why Trump can win.
Too bad for Ted that people in NY are actually voting this time.
Ted seems to win only when the party bosses select him.
There’s No Such Thing As “Stealing” Delegates
http://politichicks.com/2016/04/theres-no-such-thing-as-stealing-delegates/
You mean Cruz’s cheating streak.
See #11.
I honestly cannot recall the last time anyone at free republic made a substantive political argument against Cruz.
The fact it may be in the rules doesn’t make it morally right. That’s the same logic as saying gay marriage is legal so it’s ok. Situational ethics.
Winning streak? Ha! Wisconsin was the only state he won. And before that Utah. Cruz is embarrassingly disgusting.
So one should disregard the rules of the party one belongs to? Does that make sense to you?
Bad analogy. A better one would be Woody Hayes (former Ohio State three yards and a cloud of dust coach, for you younger types) saying that if he has to throw the football to win, he’d rather not win.
There was the article tying his father to Lee Harvey Oswald. [chortle]
Cruz hasn’t had a winning streak, just a small stealing streak. His turn is about to get a big surprise!
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