Sen. Cruz Drawing Huge 1,000-Person plus Crowds in ‘SEC Primary’ States

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Cruz for President campaign has released a video halfway through his #CruzCountry bus tour highlighting the overwhelming crowds that are turning out to his events throughout the Southern states. No event has had fewer than 500 people, with the largest crowd nearing 2,000 mark. Combined, all the states he will visit represent 356 of the 1,236 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination.

As of Tuesday, August 11, Cruz has made multiple stops in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee — all states where he has released strong leadership teams that will continue to build his robust grassroots network in each state. The #CruzCountry #CruzToVictory Bus Tour continues on through Arkansas and will conclude in Oklahoma on Thursday, August 13.

Further details about the remaining #CruzCountry #CruzToVictory Tour events are below:

11:30 am CT – Little Rock, AR
Cruz Country Rally
AR GOP HQ
1201 W. 6th Street
Little Rock, AK

2:30 pm CT – Russellville, AR
Arkansas Values Meet and Greet
Lake Dardanelle Pavilion
2428 Marina Road
Russellville, AR 72802

6:30 pm CT – Van Buren, AR
Van Buren GOP Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner
Van Buren High School
2001 Pointer Trail E
Van Buren, AR 72956

12:00 pm CT – Oklahoma City, OK
Boots and BBQ Luncheon
Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association
Regal Room
430 E. Britton Road
Oklahoma City, OK 73114

4:00 pm CT – Bartlesville, OK
Energy Townhall with Sen. Ted Cruz and Congressman Jim Bridenstine
Oklahoma Wesleyan University Auditorium
2201 Silver Lake Road
Bartlesville, OK

7:00 pm CT – Tulsa, OK
“This Is Cruz Country” Rally
Union H.S. Performing Arts Center
6636 S. Mingo Rd
Tulsa, OK 74133

And every single one of these states as well as Texas is forced to have proportional delegates by the GOP because they come before March 15th.

Meanwhile almost all the primaries after that that can be winner-take-all are blue RINO states. This is how the GOP has stacked the deck against conservatives this time. Cruz can win all these states, but still fail to pick up many of the delegates. But if he wins 49% of Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, etc., he might get no delegates from them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016#Schedule_of_primaries_and_caucuses

Thanks for the link to Green Papers. I had forgotten about that site. The following rule is pertinent, and one that I had been unaware of:

Each candidate for nomination for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States shall demonstrate the support of a majority of ... delegates from ... 8 or more states ... [T]he affirmative written support ... shall have been submitted to the secretary of the convention ... prior to the placing of the names of candidates for nomination .... [Rule 40(b)]

If any candidate entered for nomination on the first ballot must demonstrate the written support of eight or more states before the convention, that severely limits the number of candidates who can be entered for nomination, effectively FORCING delegates to be freed up.

While John Ellis Bush has a decent chance of picking up half a dozen northeast state, plus Florida and California, this leaves little room for most of the other candidates. I am working under the assumption that all this goes away after the first ballot, but frankly, it is a crappy rule.

Cruz is wise to pick an entire section of the country (Bible belt and maybe the Mountain states), as it will be hard to get eight states if this flavor of the month business continues. The five states with the most delegates are California, Texas, New York, Florida and Georgia. Cruz is making a big play for Texas and Georgia. Right now it NY and FL could very easily go for John Ellis Bush.

If Trump is still going strong come 2016, it might well make sense for Cruz to encourage his supporters to go with Trump in those northeastern states and maybe Florida to deny John Ellis Bush wins. These rules encourage all sorts of Tomfoolery, and don't allow much room for buyer's remorse, even if the buyer only represents 25% of the voters with a crowded field.

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