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Ted Cruz Wins Kansas Caucuses as 5 States Vote on ‘Super Saturday’
NY Times ^ | 3/5/2016 | JONATHAN MARTIN

Posted on 03/05/2016 2:49:48 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet

Senator Ted Cruz scored a hard-fought and decisive win in the Kansas caucuses on Saturday, demonstrating his enduring appeal among conservatives as he tries to reel in Donald J. Trump’s significant lead in the Republican presidential race.

Mr. Cruz’s victory illustrated the doubts about Mr. Trump that still linger among the sort of traditional Republicans who attend time-intensive party caucuses. With results still being tallied, Mr. Trump appeared to finish well behind Mr. Cruz, with Senator Marco Rubio of Florida taking third.

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1 posted on 03/05/2016 2:49:48 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet
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To: 20yearsofinternet

I expected that. Kansas has always been full blown.


2 posted on 03/05/2016 2:54:23 PM PST by KGeorge
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To: 20yearsofinternet

>51% - dang - if it remains above 50% thats a more than I would have hoped for..


3 posted on 03/05/2016 2:55:10 PM PST by corkoman
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To: corkoman

Congrats to the Cruz supporters from a Trump supporter. Really.


4 posted on 03/05/2016 3:03:03 PM PST by TheConservativeBanker
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Texas thanks you, Kansas. You are people with good judgment .


5 posted on 03/05/2016 3:05:54 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: TheConservativeBanker

>>Congrats to the Cruz supporters from a Trump supporter. Really<<

Hey...that’s pretty cool. Thank you.


6 posted on 03/05/2016 3:08:59 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: TheConservativeBanker

I hope we can all calm down and let the candidates do the insulti9ng.


7 posted on 03/05/2016 3:19:01 PM PST by conejo99
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To: TheConservativeBanker

Me too as well. I really don’t care if Cruz or Trump become the nominee, as long as it isn’t little Marco. That guy becomes the nominee Hillary will be the next POTUS.


8 posted on 03/05/2016 3:33:03 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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To: TheConservativeBanker

Yep - thumped. Closed caucus - Cruz is doing really well in those. Plus all the tactical nukes thrown at Trump these two weeks. 2 man race now.


9 posted on 03/05/2016 3:34:17 PM PST by major-pelham
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To: TheConservativeBanker

We are all in this together brother. We can agree to disagree over details, but one thing is uppermost in this election:

Anybody But Clinton.


10 posted on 03/05/2016 3:38:06 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (OBAMA: Fundamentally Twerking America)
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To: West Texas Chuck

Agreed we are on the same team, just looking to pick the captain.


11 posted on 03/05/2016 3:39:40 PM PST by corkoman
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To: 20yearsofinternet

One thing is for sure. We’ll end up with the candidate who can’t beat Hillary, which is Ted Cruz. McCain, Romney, Cruz.. There’s a pattern here.


12 posted on 03/05/2016 3:43:23 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (u)
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To: corkoman

Nicely said.

As I have posted many times, Cruz is my guy but if Trump is the name on the ballot the first Tuesday this November, I will crawl through a mile of broken liberals and illegals to mark him as my choice.

I figure people who say “I will stay home before voting for -— “ may as well tell me they would rather move to Canada. I like to remind them they vote on the first Wednesday this November.

:) Stay safe FReeper.


13 posted on 03/05/2016 3:52:01 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (OBAMA: Fundamentally Twerking America)
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To: TheConservativeBanker

Thank you!


14 posted on 03/05/2016 4:04:11 PM PST by HoosierWordsmith
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To: corkoman

Agreed...Trump and Cruz have the same goal...to absolutely shake-up the game in Washington...pray they remain safe on the trail!


15 posted on 03/05/2016 4:06:56 PM PST by HoosierWordsmith
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To: 20yearsofinternet

“State Republican parties are required to distribute delegates on a proportional basis until March 15, so each of the states voting Saturday will scatter their combined 155 delegates.”


16 posted on 03/05/2016 4:10:30 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

It looks like Cruz will take Kentucky and Maine as well.........

http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president


17 posted on 03/05/2016 4:11:20 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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To: West Texas Chuck

BUMP!!


18 posted on 03/05/2016 4:11:37 PM PST by MEG33 (God Bless America And Our Troops)
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To: 20yearsofinternet
I'm a Trump supporter but I think we can establish that Trump sucks rather badly at caucusing! Not sure what it is but evidently there's a wide divide between people who say they would vote for him and those who would show up on a Saturday to actually caucus. Also it's possible that many Trump supporters are Independent or even Democrats and are thus not eligible to vote in a closed caucus.

Anyway, no excuses. Trump simply couldn't get his people to the caucusing places as effectively as Ted Cruz did.

Congrats to Ted Cruz on his victories tonight and I take solace in the fact that Marco Rubio is doing utterly awful so far. If it gets down to a head-to-head Trump/Cruz race, may the best one win and I'll happily support either one of them.

19 posted on 03/05/2016 4:17:24 PM PST by SamAdams76 (Delegates So Far: Trump (329); Cruz (231); Little Marco (110)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
"Despite lines, Ky. GOP caucus shuts down at 4 p.m."

What up wit dat? {raised eyebrow}

20 posted on 03/05/2016 4:20:13 PM PST by kiryandil (Ted Cruz endorsement fails as Ted Cruz fails to win more than 50% of the vote in Texas)
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