Trump to get 25 Mich. delegates at GOP National Convention

Basically Trump has to get to 1237. But if Cruz continues to do better in state primaries he could take away enough to stop him especially if Trump can’t get 40 to 50 % of the vote. But the big thing is that in states that didn’t do a caucus or any voting Cruz has amassed a better ground game to win delegates for the convention. So Trump needs to fight back to get back his delegates. Now the confusion lies in the two things Cruz is doing.
1. Getting delegates in states that had no vote for the first ballot.
2. Getting delegates to pledge to him on second and third ballots.
The good thing was Cruz was double crossed in Michigan and Trump got his 25 delegates elected.

Trump has 743 and needs 189 delegates for the month. Then 127 in May. He has to win Indiana. In June he needs 178 delegates. He needs a lot of help stopping Cruz’s dirty ticks. Hopefully he will continue to fight back.

The bad thing is Cruz winning delegates in states he did bad in votes. Cruz is going against the will of the voters. South Carolina and Louisiana and Missouri come to mind. The votes are being nullified and that’s dangerous. Especially in SC where Cruz came third.

I don’t care if the Trump chairmen were a donkey and a baboon, the SPIRIT of the law says that the winner gets more delegates.

Now, the Cruzies can keep citing “rules,” but it’s precisely this crap (and, I know you know this) that has turned off millions and millions of Americans from voting, and should the GOPe steal the election from Trump (providing ONLY that he has the 1237, because I freely admit if he has 1236 it’s an open convention), you will see such massive stay-at-home numbers in November that it will make 2012 look like a record turnout.

New face on team Trump, same tactics. When you're getting trounced almost everywhere focus on the exception (plenty of non-MI examples at the link.) Accuse the other guys of cheating and fraud, threaten legal actions that never succeed and often never materialize. Above all try to get the media focus back on the Donald. It's increasingly clear Trump has no chance after the first ballot. His only chance is for his blitzkrieg to cross the finish line. That's still possible, but is getting harder and harder. He's seventy some behind his pace for that at Nate Silver's fivethirtyeight. There are a lot of (liberal and RINO) votes available in the NY and northeastern primaries, but not enough there alone to put him over the top. Having PA set up so the voters don't pick most of its delegates hurts Trump. Cruz looks to be getting virtually all of the remaining flyover state delegates; Trump has mostly given up on them. Only one of the 168 RNC committee/state chair folks who are officially uncommitted has come out for Trump. Trump's reportedly missed the filing deadlines for most of the Washington delegates. I haven't seen anything on Oregon, but doubt Trump is much better off there. And fivethirtyeight is currently predicting a 62% chance Cruz wins CA. Trump will have a couple good weeks left in the campaign but they aren't going to be enough. Wannabee VP Kasich should have endorsed Trump BEFORE Ohio tripped over their mutual egos. He can't gift Trump his delegates until the second ballot, when it will be too late.

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