Posted on 03/02/2016 11:34:09 PM PST by OneVike
Finally, after a lot of searching and a lot of complicated charts that weren’t exactly correct it appears that the Texas Delegates ended up totaling 115 for Cruz and 40 for Trump. If my math is correct that means that Super Tuesday was essentially a tie with a difference between Cruz and Trump of only 14 delegates. So while Trump racked up a bunch of states Cruz racked up a bunch of delegates. Which strategy is smarter? For Cruz it seems that this worked out pretty well especially when the polls had Trump winning both Oklahoma and Alaska.
Now that Carson is out of the race and Rubio is on his last legs and his numbers will in all likelihood begin to fall precipitously, Cruz will have a more open field in which to operate. The question is will it translate to votes which ultimately translates to delegates?
The current delegate count with the new Texas figures included would seem to be Trump at 321 and Cruz at 242 or a difference of 79 delegates. Over the next two weeks there are over 700 delegates at stake which tells us that this is still anybody’s race. The problem for Trump is that as the race narrows the conservative vote which has been split among Carson, Rubio and Cruz is going to begin tilting more toward Cruz.
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That came straight from SainTed's own mouth...
You said...
“I live in liberal hell here in Sacramento. The line I know would vote for trump cause they hate Hillary so much. None, ZERO would vote for Cruz.
Cruz will get zero crossover appeal. He’s gonna go down in a flaming heap in the general. What a F’ing disaster this guys gonna be.”
Polls, for the most part, disagree. Trump loses to Hillary. You can ignore them and dismiss them and pretend Trump is loved by the masses, but that doesn’t change the facts.
And yes, I understand polls any polls taken now does not reflect what will happen in Nov. But they are a snapshot of how voters feel today
Interesting ...
“The delegate gap is going to grow wider and wider.”
Not necessarily, Cruz has been consistently winning the closed primaries, (republican only), where Trum has been winning the open primaries, (democrats, Independents, no affiliation.)
Most primaries going forward are ‘closed’.
That said, I wish Trump and Cruz would consolidate their campaigns and crush the establishment shadow operators once and for all. Eight years of Trump followed by eiaght years of Cruz might be enough time to fumigate the DC cess pool.
I am a Cruz supporter, but am willing to compromise and let Trump do the really ugly work that needs done initially. And the initial work will be dirty, bruising, nasty stuff.
So Cruz got superdelegates in his home state. One trick pony. And he has zero chance in a general.
BTW—I respect Cruz and think he would make a great SCOTUS justice (or some other cabinet position short of VP). I just don’t think he can win the GE.
Fixed it.
Cruz spent over $6 MILLION in ads in the Super Tuesday states, most of them attacking Trump. Trump spent just over $1 MILLION. Who’s blitzing with vicious attack ads? Looks like it’s your guy Cruz.
BTW, big question:
does anyone think the GOPe wants Cruz? (I could go for either him or Trump).
But I don’t see the GOPe wanting him.
Ergo, I think the GOPe still wants a brokered convention, at which they can slip in a “compromise” candidate.
Rubio was to have fit that bill, but apparently not anymore.
So who will it be? Romney? Jeb! Paul Ryan?
No, the GOPe does not want Cruz.
But they are not that stupid. They know a brokered convention will guarantee an election loss and split the Party (and not just for this election cycle).
If they are banking on the electability of Romney or Ryan, they are deluding themselves.
So I guess you say Trump will win NY and with over 50% too, right?
“Ted currently lead Trump in California.”
The illegals will be voting for their brother.
“If he somehow gets the nomination you cruzites can celebrate as he gets his ass handed to him by Hillary.”:
Provided she does in fact run in the general election, what makes you think the obnoxious witch can beat anyone?
The Real Trump University is a Kindergarten for Patriots
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3404485/posts
More importantly and relevant there is no other big state Cruz has a shot of winning. Yes Tx was a big nut, but Cruz shot his wad there. There is no other bug delegate count state he’s on track to win.
I commend Cruz on his wins but he has to pivot it into much more and a small margin win here and there won’t get it done.
So long as it’s Trump and Cruz fighting for the delegates, and Rubio is forced to eventually drop out, I’m good with the outcome.
One thing I as a Trump supporter need to remember ...
You Cruz supporters CARE about our nation. You care deeply.
And I hope you guys realize that we care too.
Glad Cruz is doing so well. He deserves respect.
— FRegards ....
The polls show Kasich and Rubio doing even better than Cruz vs. Hillary. That's pretty disturbing. How many people in the country even know who Kasich is?
GO CRUZ GO
Keep Texas Red
and the fat biotch cannot even find her sheet music right now.
People, we got us a horse race
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