Posted on 04/04/2016 6:14:42 AM PDT by Mechanicos
On the eve of the Wisconsin primaries, top Republicans are becoming increasingly vocal about their long-held belief that Speaker Paul Ryan will wind up as the nominee, perhaps on the fourth ballot at a chaotic Cleveland convention.
One of the nation’s best-wired Republicans, with an enviable prediction record for this cycle, sees a 60 percent chance of a convention deadlock and a 90 percent chance that delegates turn to Ryan — ergo, a 54 percent chance that Ryan, who’ll start the third week of July as chairman of the Republican National Convention, will end it as the nominee.
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He is a notorious clubmeister. Swing it Teddy!!!
Good point. The guy going up against him is not going to be a pushover. He looks like a formidable candidate who knows all about Ryan’s political duplicity.
" ...Cruz as having been nothing more than a spoiler who faded politically after his betrayal of the American voter."
Cruz is playing the role of the turd in the punch bowl, deluding the gullible to join the evil in the destruction of America.
Funniest post of the day. The guy in FIRST should just cede to the SECOND PLACE candidate. In the real world, it should be the other way around. But Cruz and KAY-SICK want to suck the life out of the GOP.
>>More reason why Trump must quit now and pledge his delegates to Cruz!
So you believe that Participation Trophies are good?
I’m close enough to the Georgia delegate selection process, and know enough from people who have been at past conventions that there will not be enough Establishment stooges on the ground for that to happen.
Cruz already, and Trump through his newly hired lieutenants will have plenty of resources to fight this off.
These numerous articles may all be pointing to the same source.
Look at his donor list and his supporters none are conservative, sCruz is already in the club.
FWIW, there is a huge GOP power vacuum in Washington. Would love to see Ryan produce some big vision agenda stuff soon.— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) April 4, 2016
Everyone is going crazy about Paul Ryan. Anyone consider what happens when the GOP is suddenly down a Speaker?— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) April 4, 2016
Interesting.
If ever there was a compelling reason for an alternative to the GOP, its certainly now. The party is a train wreck and yet the “engineers” still want to drive it. This would all be hilarious if the country wasn’t in such a mess.
This is why I have been saying that both Trump and Cruz supporters need to think real hard about who they could support as a compromise candidate, someone who can unite the party. Neither Trump nor Cruz is going to be the nominee, you can bank on that. Trump won’t get a majority of delegates and will lose support after the first ballot. Cruz will not get it either, the Establishment hates him. So everyone needs to start thinking about Plan B. It needs to be a conservative and someone who will not piss of the Establishment.
Then you know its set up already to go to third vote if trump does not win the first one and you also know many of the bound delegates are not for who they are claimed to be so will vote different.
You also know how dirty the game is and how much leverage can be put on people to vote a certain way - like “hey look a picture of your child at school,” etc...
Cruz has already taken a club to the Establishmment. Trump just cares about himself. Once he’s in, you will be forgotten.
Paul Ryan couldn't beat Joe Biden in a debate- what makes anyone think he can beat @HillaryClinton ?
Yep, great analogy for Trumpeters.
Maybe I’ll throw my name in the hat, as well.
And don’t forget his behavior makes Cruz the most untrustworthy back stabber in all of the GOPe.
We’re all sure that gets him elected, right?
If they redo Dexter on Showtime, Cruz might make the perfect replacement.
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I don't get how Cruz has crossover appeal outside his base. The theory I see is that Cruz will galvanize the base and that is how they win Trump has the ability to get the blue collar Democrats and expand the party.
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