Posted on 04/10/2016 7:26:30 PM PDT by kevcol
Republican delegates are not going to be likely to support either Donald Trump or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz when they get to the party's national convention in July, Ohio Gov. John Kasich said on Sunday.
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"Here's what's interesting," Kasich said, suggesting that he was prepared to go down in history. "I am the second choice of both the Cruz people and also the Trump people. As you know, we've had 10 contested conventions, and only three times has the front-runner won. I don't want to go back in history too far, but I think old Honest Abe went into the convention either third or fourth and came out the winner. So we'll see."
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The opposition he had two years ago is nothing, compared to what he will face in 2020 if he fails to stop Trump.
And, no, the Establishment will not tolerate Cruz becoming President. If Cruz goes even a millimeter "off script", his entire past will be laid bare.
You are going to have to read up on who has been working on the delegate selections in the states to make sure that people sympathetic to his cause are selected as delegates and getting his people into the all important rules committee.
Hint : Its not Donald tRump.
Another hint: his name starts with a “C”
By the time they get to Cleveland, it will be all over unless tRump gets it on first ballot. He won’t.
I kind of recall the Nazis rigging elections.
We’ll see old smoky but this will due people up and enable an easy 1237 and first ballot success.
If I’m wrong then I’ll gladly eat crow.
Cruz has majorities in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, and likely Wyoming(9-1-1-1 with 14 selected this weekend). He also has a strong chance in several more states.
Bad guys like Reid and Pelosi, not to mention our enemies in China, Russia, and Iran.
So if he arrives at the convention with (say) 1,187 delegates, he'll need to put all his legendary deal making skill to work.
If he can do that, and get the nomination, I'll publicly apologize on FR for everything negative I've ever said about Trump's competence.
As subservient to the machine as he may be, he’s more Outer Party than Inner and a lot of GOPe despise him personally (as Lindsey Graham’s recent comments made clear).
That Cruz is an establishment stalking horse shouldn’t be in question. There’s only a handful of people who worked on the North American Union and one of them is his wife. No loyal American would let their spouse participate in such a thing.
Oh, I do. Cruz lost the initial primary election, winning in the runoff by a moderate amount.
My point is, it would not take much more to make him lose his Senate seat in 2020.
What percentage of the popular vote did Cruz get in Colorado?
And then over 500,000 Americans died in the most uncivil war in our history.
My point exactly! That is why Cruz is going to crush Trump at the convention, even if he is behind in the delegate count going into the convention.
Same end result : Cruz wins.
Cruz knows the rules. tRump doesn't. For reference, look what happened in Colorado over the weekend.
Do you think this caught Trump by surprise?
“Cruz on the second ballot. You heard it here first.”
Okay... WHY?
If the delegates pick a candidate other than the front runner (who, you must admit, will probably be Trump) the only reason for doing so is that they do not consider the front runner to be the strongest candidate against the Democrat.
Do you wish to argue that Ted Cruz, who’s only supported by the far right (and most certainly will continue to be) has more crossover (and thus wider) appeal than Donald Trump? I can’t see ANY way in which he would be a stronger candidate against Hillary, so I can’t see ANY reason why delegates would put him in a position to run against her.
As for Kasich, I’m not sure if he’s delusional or just coming up with BS to cover the fact that he has absolutely NO reason (other than a spoiler) to remain in this race. Kasich, too, doesn’t have a prayer against Hillary.
What was the overall voter turnout for the caucuses, and what percentage of the popular vote did Cruz get?
He doesn't have to argue anything. The Real Clear Politics averages for head to heads with Hilary Clinton does all the arguing. Ted Cruz does VASTLY BETTER against Hilary Clinton than Sleazy tRump does. And its been like that for close to a year. Its not going to change.
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