Posted on 03/06/2016 4:57:44 AM PST by reaganaut1
It was a great night for Ted Cruz, and an encouraging one for opponents of Trump. The Texan won a smashing victory in Kansas and an unexpected one in Maine. Trump took Kentucky and Louisiana, the bigger states today, but only by narrow margins. The finish in Louisiana was particularly noteworthy. Trump had built up a big lead in the early voting, so big that the networks called it for Trump almost immediately on that basis, but Trump’s margin steadily eroded away as the votes that has been cast today came in. This was a sign that something had hurt Trump over the last several days–there are many things to choose from, but the debate looms particularly large. (The divergence between the early voting and the voting today is also a textbook case of why early voting is a bad idea.) Cruz’s big margins in his states and Trump’s narrow margins in his states mean, importantly, that Cruz gained on him a bit in the delegate count.
The other big story was the collapse of Marco Rubio, who wasn’t a factor anywhere. Something has clearly hurt him, whether the tone of his attacks on Trump, Trump’s constant belittling of him, his lackluster debate performance, or all of the above. Absent a surprise on Tuesday or a fantastic debate next week, Rubio is going to be limping into the political fight of his life in Florida a week from Tuesday.
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Yes. It’s time to stop dragging Reagan in to defend Trump.
Reagan had an entirely different temperament than Trump.
I think Trump is dangerous, unstable and a little nuts.
naa naa naa.
Really?
No, Trump is an aging frat boy obsessed with his own appearance and being worshipped.
He is not stable mentally. He would be a dangerous president and not one we could be proud of or trust.
And neither will Trump in the General.
That is precisely how I see it.
Just got tickets to see Cruz tonight in Grand Rapids. Notos Restaurant 8:30-10:30. Doors open 7:30. Woohoo!
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