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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We all know where Rich Lowry and the National Review stands. Let’s see what happens in Michigan and Mississippi on Tuesday.
Want to know what really annoys me? Well even if you don’t Im going to mention it….that EVERY single outlet has a slightly different delegate count. WTF. Is our system so complex that everyone can’t have the same count??
Very disappointed in my Kentucky Brethren. This is also a closed caucus state. So there were no crossovers.
That being said, I am not surprised. I live in the rural central area and have seen a strong “I don’t care if we do go from the frying pan into the fire” attitude. People who like trump here are similar to Hillary supporters. If you even suggest that there may be reasons to not vote for him they get a little crazy. They won’t listen. They will even insult.
In a way, I can see their point. The parties and obama set us up. Too many people don’t realize that this is VERY important, and they don’t have to go for a reckless Trump to still vote anti-establishment.
Revolutions like this are never good. Never. Sadly, too many times, the only road is to learn from experience. We shall see if this gets to that.
Rubio’s PRO Amnesty hurt him. We have to many Americans out of work. Same should have been true of Trump with his VISA imported workers program. We don’t need imported workers when we have out of work Americans and Veterans.
Time to start USA MADE first campaign and bring our jobs back from over seas. Did no one learn the lesson of Japan that led up to WW2? Every country should be self sufficient.
I just wish 3 and 4 would drop out giving 1 or 2 a chance for 1237.
NRO was beaten again in KY and LA Saturday.
I guess writing an anti-Trump screed made no difference.
It will take more than nasty words to derail The Donald.
Seriuo0usly this place is looking like DU with this crap.
It’s the national review, stop embarrassing yourself by posting utter garbage.
Lowry and NR in general are gimps for the Left, they are little boys to the Left’s scolding Mother Hens. Why they are given any credence is beyond me. Go Trump, an Alpha man for once
You can see them going in both directions. Some (Cristie) prefer Trump because of his past center left positions. Some prefer Cruz because they think he will be more dependent on their donor money.
Shine the light and watch them scurry!
Comsidered and rejected.
NRO is irrelevant.
Here's Rich protesting Trump. Fake beard *does* make him look more manly:
The way Cruz cheated Carson is unforgivable. Same atrocious qualities as the common thief!
Cruz surges? LOL! The Canadian wins two small caucus elections that aren’t even real elections. There are no caucuses to manipulate in the general. And the “Texan” can’t even win the South. Time for Teddy to hang it up. And his can take his buddy Rubio with him. Surges? LOL!!!
http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P16/ check out rules on how delegates are allotted based on thresholds and cds. See Texas, Louisiana etc.
“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.”
Get rid of early voting!
how big a range are the different counts? Some may be projections? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016
I’m very concerned something fishy is going on with LA being close. I dont trust the establishment at all.
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