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TIME TO DROP OUT? Ted Cruz Needs 87% of Remaining Delegates to Win Nomination
GP ^ | 03/17/16 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 03/17/2016 6:14:55 AM PDT by Enlightened1

After Super Tuesday 2.0 Donald Trump is on track to secure the Republican nomination.

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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) would need 87% of remaining primary voters to win the nomination.
It might be time for Ted Cruz to drop out and endorse Donald J. Trump?

The New York Times reported:

Donald J. Trump’s series of victories on Tuesday extended his delegate lead and forced Senator Marco Rubio of Florida out of the presidential race. Mr. Trump’s path to winning enough delegates to secure the Republican nomination is not assured, but he is in a strong position.

Here are some ways the Republican nominating contest could unfold. Try adjusting the sliders to see how the outcomes change. Each line in the chart represents one possible outcome.

If Mr. Trump maintains his current level of support in the remaining races, he would almost certainly secure the nomination.

After Tuesday’s contests, no other candidate retains a real chance of capturing the delegates required to win the nomination outright. Mr. Rubio dropped out, Gov. John Kasich of Ohio is too far behind, and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas would need to win the vast majority of the remaining delegates — a near impossibility.

 

 

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016gopprimary; badmath; cruz; delegates; exposingted; nomination; stupid; unenlightened; unworthyoffr; win
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To: tacticalogic
If Cruz's supporters were willing to let Trump supporters tell them what reasons they were allowed to consider, they wouldn't be Cruz supporters.

Looks like the "thanks for President Hillary" will belong to you guys, not us.

61 posted on 03/17/2016 6:35:50 AM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: P-Marlowe

That is what they call democracy, ours is a representitive republic.


62 posted on 03/17/2016 6:36:02 AM PDT by exnavy (John 3:16)
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To: Enlightened1

Donald J. Trump looks pretty good for 69.

Living in luxury most of his life and encountering some of the most beautiful women in the world tends to preserve the body it seems.

Melania will represent this country with a level of class not seen in decades. On the level of Jackie Kennedy methinks.


63 posted on 03/17/2016 6:36:03 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: ScottinVA
"Deny?" Do you see them as rightfully his no matter how the remaining state primaries play out?

How far ahead does Trump have to be for you to admit the obvious?

64 posted on 03/17/2016 6:37:31 AM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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To: MichaelCorleone

Melania will be a BIG STEP UP from Michelle.


65 posted on 03/17/2016 6:37:41 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1
It will be foolish at this point for Cruz to think he can become POTUS by VOIDING THE WILL of the Republican voters.

Voters in the remaining 21 states have yet to be heard. Trump isn't "entitled" to jack sh*t yet.

66 posted on 03/17/2016 6:37:57 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Breathe, Donald.... Breathe.)
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To: usafa92

I hope Cruz stays in to the end, even if he can’t get an outright win. The detestable Donald Trump will take the party down to an historic defeat in November. If we can, we ought to do everything in our power to avoid that, especially in a case like this where there isn’t even any purposeful statement being made by the nominee.

Losing with a guy whose only claim to legitimacy is his toxic concoction of ego and mouth is the very worst kind of loss and could turn the USA into a one-party socialist hell on Earth.

Thanks a lot, Trumpbots!


67 posted on 03/17/2016 6:37:58 AM PDT by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: usconservative

It isn’t, and the premise was laughable.

Cruz needs to do the right thing, drop out with grace.


68 posted on 03/17/2016 6:38:52 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
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To: John Valentine

Well then you are with Karl Rove and the Establishment.

I guess it safe to say you will be voting for Hillary?


69 posted on 03/17/2016 6:39:03 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: papertyger
Looks like the "thanks for President Hillary" will belong to you guys, not us.

If Trump is the nominee and loses to Hillary you'll blame it on Cruz's supporters anyway.

70 posted on 03/17/2016 6:39:17 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: papertyger
How far ahead does Trump have to be for you to admit the obvious?

How many times does it take for you to be told Trump doesn't yet own the nomination? That's why we have the electoral process. Once he passes 1,237, it's over. But he's not at 1,237 yet.

71 posted on 03/17/2016 6:39:27 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Breathe, Donald.... Breathe.)
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To: georgiegirl

Yep. And this is the first election that could go to the end so we should let it. Or change it to where we vote in thirds.


72 posted on 03/17/2016 6:39:45 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Girlene

Nobody KNOWS who will win the general election: that’s why we hold them.

But Cruz has a much better chance of defeating the Democrat than Trump does.

Trump is a near guaranteed loser.


73 posted on 03/17/2016 6:40:19 AM PDT by John Valentine (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: ScottinVA

They will still have their vote, but their will not be anyone left.

That’s your State’s fault for waiting so long, and not Trump winning in a land slide.


74 posted on 03/17/2016 6:40:42 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: John Valentine

“On the other hand, why aren’t these threads posted demanding that the jackass junior, John Kasich, give up?”

GREAT POINT!! What do you think is in this for Kasich? Do you think he seriously believes he will benefit from a fight at the Convention?

SMH


75 posted on 03/17/2016 6:41:15 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: for-q-clinton
I’d be pissed if I was in California and I didn’t get a choice in who the party nominee is.

Then blame the California Republican Party for scheduling their primary in June...EVERY TIME.

Believe me, I sympathize - I'm in Texas, and in '08 the race was decided even before I could vote for Fred Thompson. I also lived in NJ for most of my life - with the primary pretty much always on the same day as CA's (as it is this year). Add to that the fact that NJ has been a blue state since 1992, and hasn't had a Republican Senator (other than as a temporary fill-in for someone who died) in decades. It sucks to not be represented, to have no voice - but sometimes reality sucks...deal with it.

This is simply not Ted Cruz' year - but he's young and, if he doesn't blow it by hurting the Party, he'll be around for a long time and do some great things (maybe even be President later).

76 posted on 03/17/2016 6:41:29 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Enlightened1
Moreover, it will let Trump go after Hillary.

What's stopping him now? (and please... don't insult yourself and the rest of us by saying "Cruz."

77 posted on 03/17/2016 6:41:49 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Breathe, Donald.... Breathe.)
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To: lacrew

You, of course, are almost entirely incorrect. Potential delegates almost always run for the job in an election of some sort, and campaigns have ample opportunity to vet them.


78 posted on 03/17/2016 6:42:06 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Enlightened1

Everyone should drop out if they don’t get 1237.


79 posted on 03/17/2016 6:42:18 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term governors)
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To: tacticalogic
If Trump is the nominee and loses to Hillary you'll blame it on Cruz's supporters anyway.

Oh please! No one with half a brain believes every nebish on the Republican side beats Hillary EXCEPT Trump. He'll beat her with Reagan/Carter numbers.

80 posted on 03/17/2016 6:42:29 AM PDT by papertyger (-/\/\/\-)
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