Posted on 04/10/2016 10:34:30 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
On the way into the Colorado Republican Party's state convention in Colorado Springs Saturday morning, a Ted Cruz supporter waved a big broom with the letters "CRUZ" fastened to the top.
The convention took place in a hockey arena, and the prop is probably familiar to most sports fans. The Cruz supporter was looking for a sweep, and a sweep was what he got.
Cruz picked up all 34 Republican National Convention delegates that Colorado Republicans awarded this week. Delegates backing Cruz won all three spots in each of the state's seven congressional districts, as well as 13 statewide slots.
The Colorado win follows a similar outcome in North Dakota, where Republicans elected a mostly Cruz-approved slate of delegates at a state convention last week. Those two delegate hauls, along with more complex delegate maneuvering in states like Louisiana that had already held their primaries and caucuses, highlight a growing organizational gap between Cruz's campaign and frontrunner Donald Trump's.
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Like Michigan?
The sCruz are loose...
Colorado; where the official @cologop actually tweets out; “We did it. #nevertrump”. It was their mission.
Colorado GOP elites are #nevertrump
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3419332/posts
#nevertrump is more than a simple political statment - it’s a mission statement. And it was executed by the Colorado GOP as a mission statement. That is not we-the people.
The Republican Party of Colorado Sends America a Message
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3419335/posts
Colorado GOP - Never Trump is not a vision for America......and your lack of a vision got you where you are today. Sad.
This will not end well for Cruz.
He will not win the nomination.
He will be forced to return to the Senate, where he will be the most
hated man in the country.
What a fall for a once promising man.
So much for the anointed one and Priesthood rising nonsense.
Trump for President.
If Cruz is catching up to Trump, that’s a good sign for the country.
An article by “National Poopy Radio” I rest my case. LOL!
"The Trump team is going to be competitive on that front, because they've got a lot of delegates, and the ability to put their people on that committee and have weight on that committee," said Steele.But Steele argued that another important factor is, "having delegates on the floor and relevant committees," Steele said, primarily the Rules Committee, which will shape the convention proceedings.
The selection process for the Rules Committee and the makeup of the Rules Committee are going to the focus of a lot of attention here at FR over the next couple of months. I really hope that we can get some unemotional, unbiased inputs on the subject. I'm sure we have some folks here at FR who are close to the campaigns. I'm hoping they will speak up and let us know what's going on.
Convention Rules Committee is made up of two members from each state (and each of six territories). They are selected at state conventions. Candidate campaigns don’t directly determine them, except as the campaign is adept in each state.
Michigan was taken by Trump and Kasich.
I have plenty of vision. I just get tired of this nonstop tragically baseless propaganda.
Team Cruz is a habitual liar’s enterprise, and the media is playing along.
Notice how the MSM never attacks Cruz. NE is the exception which was largely ignored.
Convention Rules Committee is made up of two members from each state (and each of six territories). They are selected at state conventions. Candidate campaigns don’t directly determine them, except as the campaign is adept in each state.
That is correct.
And you make an important point that the members of the Rules Committee are selected at the state level. They are not voted on directly in the primaries. So winning the primary doesn't give you automatic membership support on the Rules Committee. It's just a political brawl at the state level. Trump has an advantage because he's getting more votes than Cruz and may appear more electable. Cruz has a clear organizational advantage - he's been planning and organizing for this fight much longer than Trump.
Time to stock up on popcorn.
Lucky for Cruz, he couldn't survive 10% of the attacks trump has.
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