Posted on 04/08/2016 11:58:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Bought and paid for.
Gotta hand it to his campaign and it’s ground game. It’s been very impressive.
It’s such a shame to know that mom and pops across the nation have donated money to a nobody that will accomplish nothing more than to have burned off their savings from their hard earned post tax income.
At least Ted got to act like a big shot for twelve months.
Now back to the nothingness that he deserves.
No one on FR thinks that $32M comes without any strings. Teddy is now beholden.
Cruz and his Super PAC’s have spent about $120 MILLION, Trump has spent $37 MILLION.
Hillary plus Super PAC’s have spent $220+ MILLION, Sanders has spent $140 MILLION.
The only candidate who has spent less than Trump is Kasich who has spent $22 MILLION.
Cruz is owned.
And is not doing his actual job, having missed at least 38 of 40 roll call votes in the Senate.
Lookin’ out for you, wink.
The establishment really wants their temporary man.
Yep.
And Reverend Ted commanded that all the money be brought to him.
And he gathered the money and through it high into the air;
proclaiming;
“All that stays up is God’s, and all that comes down is mine, Hallejuhah!!!”
They are rigging the outcome to deny the wishes of the voters.
Jeb!, Lindsey Graham and the other establishment candidates could not get the voters to support them.
Now they are getting the Republican Party insiders to rig the delegate selection.
Meet the new Bush. Same as the old Bush.
Yes, Teddy is now beholden to ME, because of my three $50 donations! Ha! I’ve got my little puppet! And here is what I want my puppet to do: CONTINUE to be the only candidate upholding and articulating social and constitutional beliefs! That’s an ORDER, Cruz! Now do what I say! I OWN you!!
Charles, since you own him, can you have Cruz do something for me? I want cherry Pop-Tarts without the frosting on them!
Yes, the strawberry ones don’t have frosting, but strawberry isn’t the same as cherry!
Yes, and he can do what you want too, but no-frosting cherry Pop-Tarts? That would be AWESOME!
it seems you are not the only one
I think you're looking for Bernie. He can get you no-frosting cherry Pop-Tarts, and get them for you FREE! Pop-Tart equality!
Sounds like more Cruz bloviating.
“The process here doesn’t lend itself to our kind of campaign,” said Alan Cobb, a senior Trump adviser based in Kansas who is on the ground in Colorado Springs. “Our expectations are really low. If we get a delegate number higher than zero, it’s going to be a success.”
“Trump’s best chance to win delegates in Colorado is the 3rd Congressional District convention, where one of his top volunteer organizers, Becky Mizel, is rallying support in Pueblo.”
In other words, the Trump delegate math has allowed ZERO for CO and will be glad to pick up any. The Trump delegate map has them reaching much more than 1237 without CO.
Samething in Wisconsin, Trump Campaign counted on having ZERO from WI, but picked up 6 which are bonus to the Trump delegate map.
As of today in CO, Cruz has 9 soft pledges and 28 remain available.
If Trump picks up even 1, that’s a bonus.
NY, CT, DE, MD, PA. RI are this month’s focus. They total to 267.
In May, there are IN, NE, WV, OR, WA, totalling 199.
In June, CA, MT, NJ, NM, SD totalling 303.
And then there are 323 unbound delegates that Trump is expected to take at least 100.
Trump has 743 won, but that does not include 25 he won in MI which by rules remain unbound but which Manafort will make sure are solid Trump supporters.
So Trump is today effectively at 743 + 25 or 768. Adding in a low estimate of 100 unbound from the 323-25, he has 863 and needs only 374. From NY to CA, he will need only 49% of the 769 up for grabs. And those states up for grabs are very strong for him.
Trump himself has said that if he does “pretty well”, not ‘amazing’ but just “pretty well”, then he gets to 1400.
If he does only averagely, he tops 1237 easily.
1237 is not the main concern for Trump, the main concern is the lack of ethics of Romney and his tool Cruz. The delegates that Trump wins can cinch the nomination if there are no shady rule changes or delegate defections. That’s why he brought in Manafort.
Trump will reach 1237 but as one of his campaign officials is reported to say this morning, it’s more than just winning. Romney, Ryan plan to hatch an attack on Trump at the Convention and Manafort is there to fire back.
So Colorado is not a big battle, by itself it will decide nothing. But Trump still respects CO voters and will send people there to try and pick up some delegates even though the campaign has factored in zero delegates.
The real battle is not even the 1237, it lies in Manafort’s lawyers ready to lay down the gauntlet to the Party of Romney using the RNC’s own rules and processes. There are provisions for rulings to be made that are constructed to be fair. Romney cannot change those. Manafort will make sure Romney is stopped before he has a chance to pull a fast one.
The Cruz’s nanny has also donated $3200 ($500 Sen, $2700 Pres). Some say it’s a problem. Anyone have an explanation what’s wrong with it? (seems like a lot of money for a nanny)
No just the Bush establishment.
You can not be born into the American Royalty but occasionally they let some one in though an election, but Cruz will not be one of them.
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