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Donald Trump Hires Paul Manafort to Lead Delegate Effort
The New York Times' First Draft ^ | March 28, 2016 | Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman

Posted on 03/28/2016 4:19:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Donald J. Trump, girding for a long battle over presidential delegates and a potential floor fight at the Cleveland convention, has enlisted the veteran Republican strategist Paul J. Manafort to lead his delegate-corralling efforts, according to people briefed on Mr. Trump’s plans.

Mr. Trump confirmed the hire in a brief telephone interview. “Yes,” he said, “it is true.”

Mr. Manafort, 66, is among the few political hands in either party with direct experience managing nomination fights: As a young Republican operative, he helped manage the 1976 convention floor for Gerald Ford in his showdown with Ronald Reagan, the last time Republicans entered a convention with no candidate having clinched the nomination.

He performed a similar function for Mr. Reagan in 1980, and played leading roles in the 1988 and 1996 conventions, for George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole.

Mr. Manafort has drawn attention in recent years chiefly for his work as an international political consultant, most notably as a senior adviser to former President Viktor F. Yanukovych of Ukraine, who was driven from power in 2014.

The hire is a sign that Mr. Trump is intensifying his focus on delegate wrangling as his opponents mount a tenacious effort to deny him the 1,237 delegates he would need to secure the Republican nomination. Under those circumstances, Mr. Trump’s opponents hope they can wrest that prize away from him in a contested convention....

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1976; 1stcanadiansenator; antireagan; delegates; douchebag; elections; ford; reagan; tdsworkingovertime; trump
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
When did Manafort come back from Ukraine/Russia?
41 posted on 03/28/2016 4:58:24 PM PDT by TXSearcher (The anti-RINO rebellion is being won by a NY RINO.......truth IS stranger than fiction.)
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To: Durbin

Leave out he helped Reagan win the delegate battle in 1980 and bush in 1988. You are a nasty liar. Of course you support fellow liar Cruz. Perhaps you can start a club. You both are experts.


42 posted on 03/28/2016 4:58:55 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Durbin

“He performed a similar function for Mr. Reagan in 1980”

What election were you watching?


43 posted on 03/28/2016 4:58:57 PM PDT by Pelham (A refusal to deport is defacto amnesty)
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To: Durbin

Yeah, Tump’s not had a good record hiring the right guy (or girl) for the job. /srac


44 posted on 03/28/2016 4:59:12 PM PDT by McGruff (Ted. You got some esplainin to do.)
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To: Durbin

who is he going to hire someone who has not been through the process and has no experience.


45 posted on 03/28/2016 5:00:20 PM PDT by PCPOET7 ( TH)
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To: Iowa David

sympathetic to Cruz? You mean they will feel sorry that he got caught cheating on his wife so many times? (if true, of course). Sympathetic to another Bush clone? (this is true).


46 posted on 03/28/2016 5:00:23 PM PDT by Catsrus (I callz 'em as I seez 'em)
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To: Iowa David

Yeah but that means nothing when he starts going into overdrive about Hillary and exposes what is REALLY is and what is REALLY going on in Washington. He is going blow peoples minds, all the low infos, everybody is going to see exactly how they’ve been getting screwed over for decades. All he is doing right now is trying to get nominated and he is making damn sure he is, because if he isn’t, Hillary will be our next President, I can absolutely guarantee you that. Get back to me November 9th. If Trump is not the nominee Hillary will be elected President no matter WHO they pick to run against her. Once he is nominated he will absolutely crush her like Godzilla stepping on an ant, she has absolutely NO hope against him and the treasonists know this which is why they are going absolutely nuts.


47 posted on 03/28/2016 5:02:05 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

2016 probably won’t be either. Trump will get the 1237 needed. Luckily he only needs a little over half that are left.


48 posted on 03/28/2016 5:02:37 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Cruz already has a battalion of people doing this and they’ve been at it for months.


49 posted on 03/28/2016 5:04:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Do you not find it a bit curious that Sleazy Donald attacks Heidi Cruz and only threatens to attack Hillary? He keeps telling us to just wait. I am thinking he will not attack Hillary as he has too much money invested in her.


50 posted on 03/28/2016 5:05:46 PM PDT by Iowa David (Cruz 2016 - Before it's too late)
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To: TXSearcher

You and that “vicious truthing” again. LOL


51 posted on 03/28/2016 5:05:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Durbin

Do you do any research what so ever or do you just troll with pathet5ic,k stupid comments and false accusation.

This morning you said the GOP has not changed the rules for a 100 years and all day you have been making wild assumptions.

I take it you did not know the same guy you are laughing at is the same guy who helped Reagan too?

WOW you seriously need to stop posting and understand what you are talking about.


52 posted on 03/28/2016 5:09:48 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Duchess47; Durbin

All day this troll has been making wild accusations and dumb posts.
This morning the poster said that the GOP has not changed the rules in a 100 years, guess he did not know about the 2012 change of rules to help Romney and who they now want to change back to suit cruz.


53 posted on 03/28/2016 5:11:11 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: dynoman

Read his posts just from today. I don’t think I have ever read utter garbage on here and that beats Godgutsguns and libbylu who were recently banned.


54 posted on 03/28/2016 5:12:07 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It does not seem to be doing Cruz much good. He tried to make a grab for about 20 delegates last week and they all said no thanks.


55 posted on 03/28/2016 5:12:09 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Where was that at?


56 posted on 03/28/2016 5:13:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: Grampa Dave

Love all these wet dreams the anti-Trumps are posting.


57 posted on 03/28/2016 5:13:25 PM PDT by Spirit of Liberty (Time to go Galt!)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

Good grief, is there no end to utter stupid posts with no facts.

Prove he does not want to become President and how he enjoys all of this while he could sit on his billion or what ever he has.


58 posted on 03/28/2016 5:13:35 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I’ve read his posts today and boy I would not have even expected my kids to have made such utter ridiculous statements.

We can all have our own views, but to post garbage as I have read off this troll is amounting to DU.


59 posted on 03/28/2016 5:15:20 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: ObamahatesPACoal

The biggest concern trolls are the consultants who can’t find any work because Trump is the only candidate left with any money.


60 posted on 03/28/2016 5:15:24 PM PDT by ObamahatesPACoal (Mofopolitics: Trump probably gets 1,237 even w/out OH)
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